Series III
Series III
$25.00
Lost & Found Series III authenticates Edward Dahlberg’s claim that “There is more political energy in friendship than in ideology.” Working in zones of astonishing connectedness, charged by each other’s energy, and changed by encounters with converging sociopolitical and artistic movements, the writers in this series include: Langston Hughes and Nancy Cunard, who cemented their personal relationship by penning notes across the ocean throughout the Spanish Civil War and John Wieners and Charles Olson, who, after meeting at Black Mountain, remain in close correspondence until months before Olson’s death. In “Old Father, Old Artificer,” part lecture and part evocation of Charles Olson, Diane di Prima helps to establish how key figures in “New American Poetry” were processing their own past, while the breathless Olson lecture by Edward Dorn erodes the fictive dualism that pits poetic theory against practical action. In his letters, Michael Rumaker invites you to share his life, its radiant pursuit of love, “dirty realism,” literature, and lasting community, and Joanne Kyger booms “communication is essential” in her Letters To & From. Lastly, in Homemade Poems, a gift-book mailed to a friend in 1964, Lorine Niedecker clearly insists that the handmade chapbook is the material continuation of the poems so carefully nestled in its pages. Breaking up the monolith of the historical lens, Series III continues to track individuals as they tell their stories, cast their lifelines, and position themselves in relation to the times they lived in—and the times we live in—through intimate journals, letters, lectures, and friendships
Series III includes the following publications, which you can find more information about or buy individually below by clicking the image for each publication:
- Langston Hughes, Nancy Cunard & Louise Thompson: Poetry, Politics & Friendship in the Spanish Civil War Edited by Anne Donlon
- Lorine Niedecker: Homemade Poems Edited by John Harkey
- John Wieners & Charles Olson: Selected Correspondence (Parts I & II) Edited by Michael Seth Stewart
- Diane di Prima: Charles Olson Memorial Lecture Edited by Ammiel Alcalay and Ana Bozˇicˇevic ́
- Edward Dorn: The Olson Memorial Lectures Edited by Lindsey Freer
- Michael Rumaker: Selected Letters Edited by Megan Paslawski
- Joanne Kyger: Letters to & from Edited by Ammiel Alcalay and Joanne Kyger
Series III Publications
Lorine Niedecker: Homemade Poems
John Wieners & Charles Olson: Selected Correspondence (Part I & II)
Joanne Kyger: Letters To & From
Diane di Prima: The Olson Memorial Lecture
Michael Rumaker: Selected Letters
Edward Dorn: The Olson Memorial Lectures
