Selected Responses
Comments
Cole Swensen — Like the early avant-gardes, the poets who gathered at the Grand Piano developed not only an exacting and liberating poetics, but also a way of living-in-art. Its chronicle here is many things, among them a deeply human and amusing map to building community through literature in this most unlikely of times.
Lytle Shaw — Since the 1970s no literary group has made a more articulate contribution to thinking and practicing its groupness than the Language writers. Rejecting the vertical organization of the Poundian or Bretonian circle – with its singular genius issuing directives from its center – they instead developed a horizontal structure in which new terms, tones, and intertexts (and new versions of the group’s history itself) can emerge from, and be engaged by, any member.
Selected Links
This list will grow over time. It aggregates responses and reviews selected by one or more of THE GRAND PIANO authors.
Bushnell, Jeremy P. Review of The Grand Piano 1 and other recent books. Imaginary Year: Raccoon, (18 August 2007).
Chirot, David-Baptiste. "Parole in Liberace: the "Grand Piano" & its accessories-necessaries. Site--Sight--Cite ******* Visual--Sonic-- Visceral Poetries (25 July 2007).
Damon, Maria. Review of The Grand Piano. Rain Taxi 12, no.1 (print edition; Spring 2007).
Filreis, Al. "playing The Grand Piano." Al Filreis blog (18 August 2007).
Gardner, Drew. "The Grand Piano1." Overlap (15 April 2007).
Gordon, Nada. "Questions that occurred to me on a first reading of The Grand Piano" and other posts. Ululations (March 2007).
Scroggins, Mark. "The Grand Piano, part 1" and "The Toy Piano." (5 April, 11 April 2007).
Sherry, James. "The Ten-Tone Scale." Jacket 32 (April 2007)
_________. "How Events Really Work." Jacket 32 (April 2007).
Silliman, Daniel. "Grand Piano and Other Phrases." 20 June 2003.
Spahr, Juliana. Posts on The Grand Piano. Swoonrocket (March 2007; November-December 2006; November 2004).
Sullivan, Gary. "The Grand Piano, part 1" and other posts. Elsewhere (16 March 2007).
Watten, Barrett. "First Response: The Grand Piano." Posts (November 2006).
_________. "How The Grand Piano is being written" Posts (May 2007).
Young, Stephanie. Post on The Grand Piano, part 2. The Well Nourished Moon (6 March 2007).