Dismembered Av Bruce Boone

Bruce Boone Dismembered collects nearly five decades of writing by Bruce Boone, a founder of New Narrative and critical figure at the crossroads of late twentieth-century avant-garde and social movement writing. At once sexy and political, gossipy and scholarly, this crucial volume includes poems, stories, essays, interviews, and reviews.TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Rob HalpernEarly PoemsKarate FlowerWriting PoemsHe¿s the Lover of My SoulA Natural Form of Lovefrom SleepDodo the Cat Gives Himself to the Universe and Later Writes PoemsRemarks on Narrative: The Example of Robert Gl¿ck¿s Poetry Gay Language as Political Praxis: The Poetry of Frank O¿Hara Toward a Gay Theory for the ¿80s Writing Power ActivityWriting¿s Current Impasse and the Possibilities for RenewalLanguage Writin The Pluses and Minuses of the New Formalism La Fontaine (with Robert Gl¿ck)¿Stoned out of my gourd¿: Review of Dennis Cooper¿s The Tenderness of the Wolves Kathy Acker¿s Great Expectations George Bataille

Bruce Boone Dismembered collects nearly five decades of writing by Bruce Boone, a founder of New Narrative and critical figure at the crossroads of late twentieth-century avant-garde and social movement writing. At once sexy and political, gossipy and scholarly, this crucial volume includes poems, stories, essays, interviews, and reviews.TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Rob HalpernEarly PoemsKarate FlowerWriting PoemsHe’s the Lover of My SoulA Natural Form of Lovefrom SleepDodo the Cat Gives Himself to the Universe and Later Writes PoemsRemarks on Narrative: The Example of Robert Glück’s Poetry Gay Language as Political Praxis: The Poetry of Frank O’Hara Toward a Gay Theory for the ‘80s Writing Power ActivityWriting’s Current Impasse and the Possibilities for RenewalLanguage Writin The Pluses and Minuses of the New Formalism La Fontaine (with Robert Glück)“Stoned out of my gourd”: Review of Dennis Cooper’s The Tenderness of the Wolves Kathy Acker’s Great Expectations George Bataille: A Fave “New” Writer and His Vile Books Perception of a Body Among Writing’s Parts Bruce Boone Interviewed by Charles Bernstein Dark Queer SuiteStephen King PoemBuddies In SpaceJohn Wieners, American PoetPulp TerrorLovecraft Letter to Stephen King, The Horror WriterThe Last Soup: New Critical Perspectives The Truth About Ted An Excerpt from Carmen (A Visit with Roy) Three Letters from Carmen David’s CharmA Narrative Like A Punk Picture: Shocking Pinks, Lavenders, Magentas, Sickly GreensHollywood Celluloid Nuke MadnessMirage—or Where’s the Party?For Jack Spicer—A Truth Element Spicer’s Writing in ContextRobin Blaser’s New Syntax: Pointing Up Ahead, Behind, WhereverRobert Duncan and the Gay Community—A Reflection Review of Duncan’s Ground Work: Before the War Beat Poetry’s PopulismThe Queen Beats H.D.’s Writin Herself A Ghost Beverly Dahlen Stevefrom He Sleeps with the Angels (Pink Sperm) Bruce Boone in Conversation with Eric SneathenA Stele for Jamie