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Blazek, Douglas

Poetry

Edition Muta

Poetry. The seventh title in a long awaited series of poetry books representing the life's work of Douglas Blazek. After 30 years in rewrite cycle, Blazek's poetry is reappearing again in book form. He's written over 1200 poems published in over 500 journals in addition to having authored over a dozen and a half books and chapbooks. John Martin of Black Sparrow Press has said he considers the magazine Blazek edited (Olé) "the best and most important of the lot, but that Blazek's own poetry is by far the most important." "The poet Tadeusz Rozewicz had a vision of a truly democratic society in which poetry was hung from construction sites. If poetry is ever posted on buildings in America, it will be by Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams and Douglas Blazek!"--Victor Contoski

A Long Rope At The Edge Of The Void

Poetry. Achieving prominence in his first 25 years as poet, editor and publisher Douglas Blazek eventually grew disenchanted with his accomplishment. So he lit the fuse to his limits and followed the sparks toward a source of greater brilliance. The next 25 years he spent deep in the matrix of creation and self-transformation re-writing, repeatedly, year after year, the originally published versions of his poetry. In 2012 Blazek's life's work is now being published by Edition Muta—with cover art collages by the author."Blazek's work is indeed serious and intense and I appreciate all he brings to it."—W. S. Merwin"The poems of Douglas Blazek are beautifully crafted, spare, valuing language, word by word, keeping a clear vision."—Brenda Hillman"I've been a fan of Blazek's for thirty years. His poems have always had a special power for me, and I'm happy they were there at the very beginning."—Albert Goldbarth

Gutting Cats in Search of Fiddles

Poetry. The eighth title in a long awaited series of poetry books representing the life's work of Douglas Blazek. "Douglas Blazek's net is so broad, his inventiveness so bounding, his marriage of idiosyncrasy and universality so purely astonishing, it leaves the reader more than a little breathless to a book's worth at once. But that's the vertigo we want from poems."--Jane Hirshfield

After Walking To And Fro And Up And Down In It

Poetry. "I appreciate Blazek's surprising sinuosities, both lyrical and thoughtful. They are voyages and romances, prestidigitations and orisons, providing all the transformative energy that I would ever want or need in poetry. THE BLINDFOLD ALPHABET represents a major work by a major American poet."—Andrew Joron

The Blindfold Alphabet

Poetry. "My admiration for the work of Douglas Blazek has been and still is absolutely sincere. He is one of the outstanding poets of these last 10-15 years. A genius."—Charles Simic "His poems move me, body and soul—mind—music! Just gorgeous!"—Heather McHugh

Ventriloquy of Light

History & Criticism

Poetry. The fifth book in a series representing the life's work of the poet, Douglas Blazek. Cover artwork by the author. "What an amazing gift to receive! Such rich, exquisite work, deeply ingrained with a devotional energy to language. The transformative quality of Blazek's poetry, its intimacy and vision, its perceptive meditative force, all create a brilliance awash in intelligence. My acid test for poetry is that it makes me feel excited, in the same way it did in my youth, that sense of discovery, that sense of a new world coming into view. Blazek's work does exactly that. Much of what I read these days seems so bland and uninteresting and I just feel alienated from it all. Then comes along Blazek with his books full of such vivid grace and I feel at home again."—Don Domanski, author of All Our Wonder Unavenged

Foolish Visions

Poetry. The sixth book in a series representing the life's work of the poet, Douglas Blazek. Cover artwork by the author. "Douglas Blazek's net is so broad, his inventiveness so bounding, his marriage of idiosyncrasy and universality so purely astonishing, it leaves the reader more than a little breathless to a book's worth at once. But that's the vertigo we want from poems."—Jane Hirshfield

Vanished Pursuit Into A Remembered Future

More than ten years in the making, this critically acclaimed box set--originally published in 2011--features the earliest recordings of one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s and '70s, blues and folk pioneer John Fahey (1939-2001). The five CDs feature 115 tracks, most of which are available on CD for the first time, remastered from Fonotone owner Joe Bussard's reel-to-reel tapes to achieve pristine sound quality. The CD set is accompanied by a book--the first ever written on Fahey--featuring a host of essays as well as a poem by Byron Coley and Douglas Blazek's 1967 interview with Fahey, published here for the first time. Focusing on a critical early period in Fahey's career, John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You is a challenging, engrossing introduction to a figure called "the folk guitar-playing equivalent of William Burroughs or Bukowski" by Pete Townshend.

John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958–1965

Arts & Photography

Lee, Anthony

Coley, Bryon

Guerrieri, Claudio

Jones, Glenn

Kirton, Malcolm

Music

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