Rodney Koeneke's Blog, page 17
January 21, 2010
Bringing Floppy Back
A nice report, and sexy visual remains, of Small Press Traffic's Poets Theater opening last Friday. But wait, there's more ...[photo at left—Jocelyn (hatted), Lindsey (scarved), David (velveteened), and Zack (wigged)—gratefully filched from Alli Warren.]
Photo by Alli Warren.
January 19, 2010
January 14, 2010
January 12, 2010
The Fop Stays in the Picture
This Friday's the first night of Small Press Traffic's Poets Theater 2010, where along with delights by Dodie Bellamy, Stephen Boyer, and Brent Cunningham, you can catch my own 12-minute meringue, "The Impertinents," directed by Lauren Shufran with star turns by Lindsey Boldt, David Brazil, Jocelyn Saidenberg, and Zack Tuck. I'm stuck here in Portland: let me know what a bang-up job they do. It's the annual fundraiser, so be sure and tuck the checkbook in your reticule.PT-related newsflash: ...
January 7, 2010
The Oud Stays in the Picture
Silent movies are like poems trapped in novels. Certain frames and gestures—shifting hands, a grin, a skein of smoke—stand out with the clarity of a sharp line of verse, but they hurry on to narratives that never keep my interest. Come to think of it, a lot of novels are like poems trapped in novels.Nada Gordon's new video "Glory" sucks the narrative fat out of the silents and lets the dream fur fly so you don't have to. Twice the chrome with half the chassis.
January 5, 2010
The Year in Spots 2009
Joining 2007 & 2008, here's thanks to the poets whose work I had a chance to hear in Portland in 2009.Abel, David
Bartlett, Jennifer
Baus, Eric
Bettridge, Joel
Boldt, Lindsey
Brolaski, Julian
Brown, Brandon
Buuck, David
Cobb, Allison
Cohen, Alicia
Cole, Norma
Coleman, Jen
Conrad, CA
Czerski, Gale
Dahlen, Beverly
Feldman, Laura
Fisher, Dan
Fisher, Tom
Foust, Graham
Gordon, Nada
Greenstreet, Kate
Grinnell, E. Tracy
Hill, Crg
Hill, Lindsey
Klassnik, Rauan
Larkin, Maryrose
Levin, Lauren
Lohmann, Sam
Mangold, Sarah
Morse...
