Whenthen - Softcover

Stern, Gerd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1948017083 ISBN 13: 9781948017084

Publisher: DOS Madres Pr, 2018

Synopsis

Poetry. "Whenever I look for the avant-garde in literature and the arts, I often lament, thinking that I must forge one for myself. Then I regard Gerd Stern sternly and know that he was/is the last of the red hot Dadas of the avant-garde, back when/then he delighted us with his poetry and artistic enterprise and continues to delight us in his WHENTHEN, this delightful collection of poems, which prove his mastery and mystery. Got 'em. Anyone who thinks he/she/it knows poetry should get this book and mind-bend all over again."--John J. Trause

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About the Author

"At 89 years of age WHENTHEN is my fourth collection of published poems, following Fragments (2002), Afterimage (1965) and First Poems and Others (1952). In 1996, the Regional Oral History office of the Bancroft Library, University of California, published Gerd Stern, From Beat Scene Poet to Psychedelic Multimedia Artist in San Francisco and Beyond, 1948-1978. Many additional publications have featured my work and that of USCO, 'The Company of US, ' the collaborative artist commune of which I was a principal, along with Michael Callahan and Stephen Durkee, from the 1960s onward. From those ago days, I still treasure my poem mantra 'Take the NO out of NOW, Then Take the OW out of NOW, Then Take the THEN out of NOW.'"--Gerd Stern

Edition details

• Publisher: DOS Madres Pr
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1948017083
• ISBN 13: 9781948017084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 77