tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post8821220269931520104..comments2023-11-03T03:33:00.860-07:00Comments on Jennifer Bartlett, Poet: My Larry EignerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-6339023630760648372009-09-22T20:11:10.790-07:002009-09-22T20:11:10.790-07:00Lovely perceptions on "disability" and t...Lovely perceptions on "disability" and the poet. I do think, though, that there's a grain of truth to the NYT piece (or at least the section you quote from it): while the "emotional bursts of language" crap is hokey, I think it's entirely important--and within the purview of our understanding of <i>ourselves</i> as poets--to consider how Eigner's physical <i>location</i> (i.e., in a wheelchair, often behind a window or on a porch) influences the production of his poetry. <br /><br />To push the issue further, and to quote Ron in defense of the article he derides, Eigner's poetry is "the complex choreography of one whose total physical vocabulary is in use in the composition of the poem." This, I think, is one of the great lessons we can take from contemplation of Eigner's "disability" as it manifests in method: that the physical situation one finds oneself in is--or ought to be, at least--a material fact that the space of the poem should reflect.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172825009882827116noreply@blogger.com