Hollo, Anselm 2004
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
with Ron Padgett
with Ron Padgett
Ay, si: “The other place”
Where the most abstruse
(Intimate?)
Connections are made
– Anselm Hollo, “Mardi”
Broadside of “Mardi” by Anselm Hollo
Listen to Anselm Hollo’s 2004 reading with Ron Padgett at the Poetry Center of Chicago:
Anselm Hollo begins at 6:08 minutes.
Mr. K said in times of great crudity
it is necessary to be subtle
so please wrap around me
with awkward grace
– Anselm Hollo, “Lost Original”
Read this interview with Anselm Hollo from Poetry Society of America:
Anselm Hollo – Poetry Society of America
Are there essential ways in which you consider yourself an American poet? Having lived most of my adult life in the US of A, as a participant in an active community of [US]American poets, I have to say yes. But I prefer “american” (lower case).
