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In this very coherent collection of essays, retallack goes a long way toward constructing meaning out of the restlessness and anxiety that characterize postmodern art. The poethical wager is a book of twelve essays plus a substantial. Much like deleuze and guattaris concept of minor literature, pierre joriss deleuzeinspired nomad poetics, or joan retallack s poethics of the swerve, a literature that is marginalized in this sense is not one that is forced into a position of powerlessness but one that merely makes a slight difference, leaves a nearly imperceptible. In these highly inventive essays, joan retallack, acclaimed poet and essayist. One of the best introductions to gertrude steins work ive ever read. Buy the poethical wager book online at low prices in india. Epicuruss swerve into unpredictable possibility, montaignes essays as an instrument of selfinvention, john cages redefinition of. Lyn hejinian joan retallack is a thinker of refreshing clarity, frankness and drive, with a wily, engaged intelligence. Follow joan retallack and explore their bibliography from s joan retallack author page. Joan retallack s most popular book is stanzas in meditation.

September 11, 2001, was a paradigmatic swerve, wrenching a parochial us into a new world of risks without borders. For the purposes of rethinking new models for reading medieval texts, i am especially inspired by the poet joan retallack s thinking on the poetics of the swerve as a constructive preoccupation with. This remarkable book of her speculative essays is at once a dynamic conceptual art work and an artistically subtle probing of concepts. Poetry volumes include errata 5uite edge books chosen by robert creeley for a columbia. An afternoon of thought experiments and a procedural performance game. The supposium is a polyvocal attempt to edge beyond default geometries of attention as we address the state of emergency that has become our spacetime on this planet edited by joan retallack, featuring contributions from lauren bakst, lynne beckenstein, nova benway, allie biswas, anne carson, alan devenish, sandi hilal, alhena katsof, erica kaufman, john keene, peter krapp, fred moten, adam.

New and selected works, cue arts foundation, january 18, 2008 featuring anne tardos, charles bernstein, meimei berssenbrugge, joan retallack, drew gardner, and others. In the tradition of the essay as complex humanist exploration, she engages ideas from across history. The poethical wager by joan retallack, 2003 online. They would seem to be as incontrovertible as the direction of history itself were it not for the improbable feminine swerve that can shift the scene from one logic to others whose. Joan retallack is the author of eight books of poetry including afterrimages also published by wesleyan as well as numerous essays on john cage, four of which appear in her critical volume, the poethical wager. Joan retallack is a poet and essayist with a background in philosophy and visual arts. Retallack s experimental poetics and poetry emphasize. Procedural elegies western civ contd roof books an artforum best book of 2010. The purpose of joan retallacks the poethical wager is to develop an aesthetics of.

Musicage was chosen for the america award in belleslettres in the year of its publication. Joan retallack is an american poet, critic, biographer, and multidisciplinary scholar who has authored seven books, including circumstantial evidence 1985, icarus fffffalling 1994, a f t e r r i m a g e s 1995, and memnoir 2004. She is also the author of afterrimages and eratta 5uite. In these highly inventive essays, joan retallack, acclaimed poet. Joan retallack born october, 1941 is an american poet, critic, biographer, and multidisciplinary scholar. Poetry volumes include errata 5uite edge books chosen by robert creeley for a columbia book award.

Musicage, her book on and with john cage, was recently reissued in. In these highly inventive essays, joan retallack, acclaimed poet and essayist, conveys her. With great patience, profundity, and good humor, she lays out a poetics of the swerve, a constructive preoccupation with what are unpredictable forms of change. Joan retallacks compilation of interviews and thoughts are precious and informative, to those of us who are fond of cages work and thinking. Macarthur professor of humanities at bard college where she teaches courses in poetics, poethics, and experimental traditions in the arts. Books by joan retallack author of the poethical wager.

This remarkable book of her speculative essays is at once a dynamic. She is author of how to do things with words 1998, musicage. Author of eight books of poetrymost recently procedural elegies western civ contd, an artforum best book of 2010and numerous critical studies. In answering this question im going to borrow joan retallack s idea of the swerve an unsettling. She is the author of numerous books of poetry, winning many awards. Best sellers deals store help new releases coupons gift ideas gift cards home books sell computers electronics registry. Joan retallack has 16 books on goodreads with 545 ratings. Procedural elegieswestern civ contd by retallack, joan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Aristotles definition of happiness, epicuruss swerve into unpredictable in these highly inventive essays, joan retallack, acclaimed poet and essayist, conveys her unique postutopian vision as she explores the relationship between art and life in todays chaotic world. The poethical wager by joan retallack paperback university of. Collecting work by five poets who share an interest in science rae armantrout, amy catanzano, allen fisher, james harvey, and joan retallack this subset of the poetry and science feature also includes fishers essay on poetry and science, confidence in lack.

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Gender is a chronically, mercifully ambiguous figure in the binary agons of western culture. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Joan retallack iii 2014 was to set this experiment ticking somewhere inside momaideally placed in implicit dialogue with the structural habitus of the museum. We are dedicated to publishing innovative, crossgenre, and interdisciplinary work by poets, writers, translators, and artists. Epicuruss swerve into unpredictable possibility, montaignes essays as an. Epicuruss swerve into unpredictable possibility, montaignes essays as an instrument of selfinvention, john cages. If you are not familiar with john cage, where have you been well, it is not late to start. Buy the poethical wager book online at best prices in india on. At the beginning of her astounding new book, joan retallack posts a warning from immanuel kant against arguing directly from the logical possibility of concepts to the real possibility of things. Aristotles definition of happiness, epicuruss swerve into unpredictable possibility, montaigne. Lyn hejinianjoan retallack is a thinker of refreshing clarity, frankness and drive. Joan retallack is our supreme theoretician of poetic contingency. Cage muses on words art music 1996, afterrimages 1995, and errata 5uite 1993, among other books.

Litmus press is a program of ether sea projects, inc. It seems to me that retallack has succeeded brilliantly by flouting kants injunction. Joan retallack, acclaimed poet and essayist, conveys her unique postutopian vision as she explores the relationship between art and life in todays chaotic world. In these highly inventive essays, joan retallack, acclaimed poet and essayist, conveys her unique postutopian vision as she explores the relationship between art and life in todays chaotic world. Habitus, in pierre bourdieus sense of a largely unconscious, selfperpetuating value framework that. The result is a strong affirmation of the imaginationand, in a way, an affirmation of affirmation itself. Conversations with john cage collection of interviews holds clues to the composers writing and music some critics still view him as the man who set out to destroy western classical music and. Joan retallack born october, 1941 is an american poet, critic, biographer, and. Joan retallack s research is thorough and impressive, and she has done an outstanding job of assembling a valuable and interesting collection of steins writings.