tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205022792024-03-07T01:52:02.174-08:00Jennifer Bartlett, PoetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-5741361829806602522017-02-13T10:24:00.002-08:002017-02-13T10:24:43.634-08:00Preface to Limits/ are what we/ are inside of <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I have
always been drawn to biographies and the mysteries of how people live,
particularly artists and poets. I grew up in rural California where the lack of
activity and culture frustrated me. Hence, I was always interested in reading
about how other people lived. As a teenager, I read dime store like biographies
of movie stars, notably Rock Hudson and Marilyn Monroe. As a teenager, I read
every biography of Andy Warhol that I could get my hands on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the first biography that profoundly
affected me was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mark Rothko: A Biography</i>
by James E. B. Breslin. Breslin not only wrote about the painter Mark Rothko,
he detailed the history of the abstract expressionism and modern art movements
in New York City, including the founding of the Whitney Museum for American Art
and the Museum of Modern Art. This model of including the culture around the
artist, as well as the individual life, influenced me as I began to write about
Larry Eigner. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In the
1980s, while I was still in high school, my father, Lee Bartlett, wrote <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Life of Brother Antoninus,</i> a
biography of his mentor, William Everson. I fondly remember “hanging out” on
Telegraph Avenue for hours while my father made yet another trip to the
archives in the mysterious Bancroft Library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I longed to write a biography myself. My first choice was
Muriel Rukeyser, someone whose work and life I have an affinity. Rukeyser was
my first love in poetry. I wrote my thesis on her during my MFA program, and I
was interested in the intersections in her life of mother, activist, and
documentary poet. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">In the
end, Larry Eigner seemed like a better choice. ,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I have lived the life of a poet with cerebral
palsy. Cerebral palsy is a neurological
condition acquired from brain trauma at birth or in the first few years of life.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cerebral”
refers to the brain and “palsy” refers to the spasticity that accompanies the
condition. Cerebral palsy manifests in a number of ways. It can affect all limbs
severely or just one side of the body and only slightly, making the disability
barely perceptible. It can affect strength, balance and the ability to control
one’s muscles to the extent that those with the condition may not be able to
walk unassisted or care for themselves in typical ways.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> While my impairments are much less severe than
Eigner’s, an awkward gait and a speech impediment, I felt that I could lend a
particular insight to his life and poetics. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
researching the project, I was distressed at how much misinformation about
Eigner’s disability was taken for granted among his readers, publishers, and
champions of his work. The realities of his life were unknown most of his
readers, including myself. Before I began researching Eigner's life, I did,
myself, not know that he could walk, that he attended middle school, or that he
could write by hand, kept notebooks, and often wrote marginalia in his books. I
had no concept of the number of other poets and editors he corresponded with
and his influence on modern poetry. I had heard stories that he learned to
speak later in life, the he never traveled, that he didn't give poetry readings
or appear in public; all of which turned out to be false.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As I
wrote, I felt pressure to downplay Eigner’s cerebral palsy. Some critics and
scholars wholly ignore his disability -- perhaps as reaction to their own
discomfort. Others consider the palsy to be the sole or primary influence in
his life and writing. There are a handful of scholars who explore Eigner’s work
within the context of his disability in a holistic way. This biography also
falls into that category. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
daily reality of any person with a severe disability remains a mystery to
nearly everyone. Only a handful of people who live with severe disabilities
have the opportunity to share their experiences with the public. Most with a
disability as severe as Eigner’s live isolated lives with their families --
what was once called "housebound"-- in group homes or hidden away
institutions. When Eigner was born, it was routine for people "like
him" to be put in institutions for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Therefore, I wanted to tell Eigner’s story to the best of my ability. In
reading his correspondence, I was able to cast aside mythology and piece
together an accurate picture of his relationships, education, poetics,
impairments, and capabilities. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As I
wrote, I realized how different -- and how much alike -- our situations. Until
the age of 51, Eigner lived with his parents; his mother, Bessie, was dedicated
to taking care of him. He was not required to engage the world in typical ways
such as having a job, doing housework, or raising a family. He was unable to
travel out of the house alone, and although he did attend culture events and
gave more readings than critics assume, he spent most of his time at home on
the glassed-in porch that his parents converted into an office for him. The
Americans with Disabilities Act, which would have made it easier for him to
inhabit public spaces, was enacted only six years before his death. Although he
wrote often of solitude, he was never able to be truly alone other than for
short periods of time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Due to
the circumstances of his life, he also was largely protected from ableism or
the prejudice against people with disabilities, and some claim he was immune to
it. Eigner's close friend Professor Arnold Goldman noted that Eigner did
mention being teased by school children who passed by enclosed porch, but he
responded lightheartedly, and after a time, the children lost interest. I argue
that he was not immune to prejudice, but simply lived a life where he was
protected from it. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In part,
this book was written as a<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>response
to my own experience of attempting to navigate the world as a person with
cerebral palsy. Unlike Eigner, I have lived the life of a typical person. After
college I moved from New Mexico to New York City, got married and had a child.
I earned two Masters degrees and embarked on a dream of being an inner-city
high school teacher. My difficulty in convincing others that I was a valuable
employee coupled with the barrage of daily prejudice sparked by my speech
impediment and awkward gait became too much to handle. I left the NYC
Department of Education after five years of teaching English. I briefly taught
First-Year Writing, but after twenty years of fighting for gainful employment,
I dropped out, if only temporarily. I needed to have an outlet for my boundless
drive and energy, but I no longer had the emotional or physical energy to beg for a
place in the world.</span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Like
Eigner, if the typical world not have me, I would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">create</i> a world. So, I allowed myself to live on Social Security
Disability, and like Frank O’Hara, I began to “make my own days.” I joined to
New York Society Library on Manhattan’s Upper East Side – a place that remains
seminal to me—to have an office space, a “social life” in the company of other
quirky people book-obsessed individuals, as well as access to some of the
research material I needed. I began this project with no institutional backing
or formal education on how to do research. With the help of my father and a few
others, I taught myself how to do research and build relationships with
librarians.<a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Calligraphy-Typewriters,6487.aspx">http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Calligraphy-Typewriters,6487.aspx</a>Throughout my process, I had two colleagues who continuously
helped and supported me: Andrew Rippeon and George Hart. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The job
was further complicated because Eigner’s correspondence is archived in numerous
places: Stanford University, Brown University, University of Kansas, The Dodd
Research Center at the University of Connecticut, SUNY Buffalo, the New York
Public Library, and a private collection. Further, while it is difficult to
interpret any correspondence that is not your own, Eigner’s correspondence is
particularly difficult due to consistent typos, quirky abbreviations, and
hundreds of references to books, radio and television programs, poets and
political figures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
biography only utilizes a relatively small selection of Eigner’s vast
correspondence. It focuses on a few of his primary literary and private
relationships. It traces his reading, engagement with culture, and influence of
such on his poems. His poems are interspersed throughout the manuscript in
order to highlight his life and creative process. It is, by no means, a
comprehensive biography, nor is it a critical biography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Eigner’s
first known piece of literary correspondence was a postcard to the Boston poet,
Cid Corman. In December 1948, Eigner and his <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="mso-comment-date: 20170121T1103; mso-comment-reference: JS_3;">brother Richard “happened upon” Corman’s </a></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><a class="msocomanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=20502279#_msocom_3" id="_anchor_3" language="JavaScript" name="_msoanchor_3">[JS3]</a><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-special-character: comment;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">radio program “This Is Poetry” on WMEX in
Boston. The postcard sparked a 40-year correspondence, ending only shortly
before Eigner’s death in 1996. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In my
early research, I spent months attempting to locate this initial postcard. It
has been lost, despite the diligent archiving of both parties. However,
Eigner’s archive at the Dodd Research Center does include their earliest
correspondence as well as initial correspondence between Eigner and Robert
Creeley. In some ways, it was unavoidable that Corman become nearly as much a
part of the biography as its subject due to the length of the correspondence
and the influence Corman had on Eigner’s early work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eigner spent time with most of his
correspondents at some point in person. Vincent Ferrini, Charles Olson and
Denise Levertov all lived near Swampscott for long period of time. Jonathan
Greene, Ann and Sam Charters, Robert Grenier, and Allen Ginsberg traveled to 23
Bates Road to meet him. When he traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area, he
spent time with David Gitin, Robert Duncan, Robert Grenier and Kathleen
Frumkin,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the latter two he eventually
lived with for ten years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Corman
was an exception. The two met in person only a handful of times, if that.
Although Corman lived in Boston for many years, he spent most of his life out
of the country, moving throughout Europe, finally to settle permanently in
Japan. However, they corresponded on nearly a daily basis and Corman was
responsible for introducing Eigner to most of the poets and editors he would
read and publish with throughout his life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As I
worked on the biography, I realized there was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">one </i>poet whose work is continuously mentioned. This poet is <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="mso-comment-date: 20170121T1105; mso-comment-reference: JS_4;">Charles Olson</a></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><a class="msocomanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=20502279#_msocom_4" id="_anchor_4" language="JavaScript" name="_msoanchor_4">[</a>.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> When I began the book, it was with the
knowledge that Eigner is thought to be<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>an<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>exemplar of Projective Verse. As my
research unfolded, I became aware of the full impact of Olson’s writing on
Eigner’s thinking and work. In a letter to Corman, Eigner writes, “I wish I
could go up to BMC to hear O’s voice.” While Eigner was never able to visit
Black Mountain College, he spent a lifetime attempting to hear that voice. He
consistently went to secondary sources to further understand Olson’s work and
spoke of this often in his letters. He wrote essays on Olson, and in one of
these, made the endearing argument that Olson should not have given up politics
for poetry and should run for president. His own copy of Olson’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maximus Poems</i> was heavily annotated.
Later in life, Sherman Paul’s “Olson’s Push” was among of his most beloved
books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ways, Olson personified
the male archetype and it is possible that Eigner idealized this archetype
which was so different from his own experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
short, this biography is different from biographies that catalog a poet’s
comings and goings, love affairs, and travels. It is arguable that Larry Eigner
lived life largely in his boundlessly and expansive mind, not exclusively
because of his physicality, but simply because some poets are like that. In
this, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Limits/ are what we/ are inside of</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> [a quote taken from Olson’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maximus Poems </i>which Robert Grenier
believes best explains Eigner’s life] means to make a map of that mind and the
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-938636484310186292017-01-26T08:05:00.004-08:002017-01-26T08:05:36.865-08:00Front and Center<div class="MsoNormal">
On January 21, I joined over 200, 000 people for the Women's
March in New York City. I have cerebral palsy, which makes it tiring and
painful for me to walk long distances or stand for long periods of time. Winter
is particularly difficult as the cold causes my muscles to contract and muscle
spasticity is one of the most common problems with palsy. The cold makes
walking even <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>difficult, if not
impossible. I have a tendency to lose my balance or trip over the slightest
thing. My body has the muscle memory of falling in the way that others might
have the muscle memory of say, riding a bicycle or swimming. Once, a man who
saw me fall was completely impressed and told me "you fall like a football
player." Still, I am at risk each time I leave the house.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the March, I had my sturdy husband and best friend there
to provide constant assistance. When we came out of the subway, it was already
in full force. The route spanned six crosstown blocks (each of which equals
three blocks) and sixteen uptown blocks. We entered about one-third way into
it. Not only was the distance physically straining, but the march wasn't moving
fast and there was a lot of standing. We cheated a bit by walking parts on the
sidewalk. As we were walking, someone noted how disingenuous it was not to be
in the street. We also stopped for lunch, too. Then, we started uptown. I held
my husband's arm most of the way and stared at my phone to distract me from
pain and boredom. A highlight of the march was when, deeply involved in my
phone, I reach out to take my husband's arm when I heard him cry out,
"Wrong arm!" I had moved to take the arm of a stranger with the same
color coat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By the time we finished the final ten blocks, I had
heartburn to the extent that I thought I was having a heart attack. My left
foot was completely cramped. My legs were burning. My pain made me anxious, so
I was disoriented and lightheaded. We realized that the subway closest was
closed. I was silently at my wits end.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The presence of people with disabilities at the march was
nearly non-existent. There was a Disability Caucus, but I wasn't able to reach
them because they were at the back of the march, eight long blocks away. I did
not have the stamina to walk that far and back. During the march, I saw a total
of five other people who had visible disabilities. Of all the signs, only three
people included the rights of disabled people. One woman, a bit of a hero, had
a sign printed out calling for the rights of all minority groups and at the end
she had added "women w/ disabilities" in handwriting. It was clearly
an afterthought, but charming that she took the time to fix her error. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I marched, I began to wonder, are events like this
inherently ableist? The march was an event that is too long for most disabled
people or people with disabled children to participate, too crowded and noisy
for people with mental disabilities, and simply too daunting in other ways;
There were no bathrooms, no marshals, no medical care, and no resting stops.
Not to mention being in a group of thousands of people chanting slogans with
signs for the rights of every minority single person, except me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I marched, I felt ashamed that I could not go the full
distance. I felt proud that I stuck it out and marched at all. And it occurred
to me that especially because the march was ten times more difficult for me
than those around me, I deserved to have my rights honored. I should be used to
being excluded from civil rights movements. But, I'm not. Yet, I went anyway.
I went because I feel that boycotting events doesn't actually do anything. If I
don't show up, people are not going to get upset because no one with cerebral
palsy came. That is what they are used to, and frankly, many people would
rather disabled people stay at home. By being present, I am proving my very
existence and yet, why should that should proving my existence be so hard?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I spoke with organizers, Mia Ives-Rublee and Ted Jackson, from
the Disability Caucus for the Women's March in Washington. From an outsider's
view, the D.C. march seemed equally exclusive. None of the major speakers
mentioned the rights of disabled people. Michael Moore did not. Nor did Ashley
Judd. Madonna excluded them. And Gloria Steinem, to my knowledge, has only
mentioned disabled people once in her 40-plus career involving the
accessibility of Uber cabs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ives-Rublee and Jackson did make tremendous headway. They
had a disability section in front of the stage, ASL interpreters, live
streaming that was captioned and 30% accessible port-a-potties. And the
disability rights activist Tammy Duckworth was included as a speaker. The cost?
Zero.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Both Ives-Rublee and Jackson said that it was a learning
curve. Sometimes, they had to advocate for themselves. Two deterrence were only
having two months to organize and many more people showed up than was planned. However,
the March's organizer, Jenn Ingram, was willing to work with them. This
willingness on the part of abled activists is crucial and rare. Ives-Rublee
believes that it is because activists still don't view disabled people as a
minority that deserves the rights of all the other minorities. Other people
argue that they just "forgot" to think of us or that we are too
expensive, it's too much work, or they "can't help everyone." <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I think the time for excuses and/or willful exclusion has
passed; under the Trump administration, there is too much at stake. And, as
well-intentioned as it is, I need more than Meryl Streep speaking out for the
"weakest" of us. I, the so-called weakest, walked fifteen blocks in a
body with impairments. I don't see any weakness in that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-15271040252419615702016-06-20T10:56:00.001-07:002016-06-20T10:56:59.699-07:00Me Before You<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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I have been following many of the comments regarding the
popularity of “Me Before You.” Defenders of the Time’s Best Seller make some
good arguments. </div>
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The primary argument is that the book is fiction and only tells
the story of one man. People, including its author, Jojo Moyes, argue that the
story is absolutely not supportive of eugenics or assisted suicide. The
story means to be a great, golden age love story. Remember “An Affair to
Remember?” </div>
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Moyes also argues that she doesn’t think its right for anyone to
make a judgment on the story until they have read the book or seen the movie
(i.e given her more money). But, fair enough. I decided to check it out for
myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is a quote from a friend to the girlfriend speaking
about the main character, Will, who is “wheelchair bound” as the flap on the
book tells us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“’There have been times when I’ve stayed over and he’s woken
up screaming because in his dreams he’s still walking and skiing and doing
stuff and just for those few minutes, when his defenses are down, and it’s all
a bit raw, he literally can’t bear the thought of doing it again. He can’t bear
it. I’ve sat there with him and there is nothing I can say to the guy, nothing
that is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>going to make it any better.
He’s been dealt the shittest hand of cards you can imagine. And you know what?
I looked at him last night and I thought about his life and what it’s likely to
become.’”<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are a number of things that are wrong with this
picture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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a portrayal of an actual disabled person. The disability is acting as a
literally device for plot development of a love story. Disabled people are
exhausted from this cliché that is so pervasive. Remember “An Affair to
Remember?” They are supposed to meet on the Empire State Building to declare
their love. But, the female character doesn’t show up because she’s been hit by
a car and paralyzed from the waist down. Plot development. "Affair" was actually campy and strange. The boyfriend said "I'll love you all the same." Flawed for sure. But at least he didn't help her off herself and run to the bank!<o:p></o:p></div>
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compassionate euthanasia --and what is not-- are hypocritical and nonsensical. I understand Will’s
passion for skiing and traisping around, however, what about other conditions
that hamper these abilities? Aging? Poverty? Having children? Being in a
depression? In what situations should a person be encouraged to acclimate and
in what situations should killing yourself be lauded. This just exposes the
view of disability. People in their 80s are not told to kill themselves because
they can’t ski anymore. BTW, what happened to Will's prowess as a business man? Is that gone too? Someone call FDR!<o:p></o:p></div>
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only for disabled people. Again, this is about outside perception.<o:p></o:p></div>
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money and a cute girl in love with him has no reason to live? By the way, has
this guy ever tried, like, reading a book? Most people don’t spend their lives
doing extreme sports! But again, there is the fantasy. The fantasy of physical
perfection given and taken away. Instead of exploring what is possible, and how
a life can change and deepen, it is “brave” for Will to kill himself. Note: At
the end of the book the girl is having coffee and headed off to the “parfummerie”
and the whole of Paris beyond. Sounds physically taxing, doesn’t it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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community that she doesn’t belong to nor have any experience with? This has become
a no-no in terms of race, gender and sexuality, but in disability, it remains
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66. There are no books published by or about sexy capable disabled people. They are supressed. The culture doesn't want them. The culture wants someone to look down at. They don't want to be threatened by all these disabled people going around. How could someone with a disability possibly be happy? Moyes is ready to help... all the way to the bank.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-80195381628509751252016-06-19T15:41:00.003-07:002016-06-19T15:41:50.483-07:00Blessings<div class="MsoNormal">
On a Thursday evening, I left therapy and got on the nearest
train. As a person with cerebral palsy, it takes me a good deal of effort, and
sometimes pain, to walk from one place to the other. New York City is brutal
for someone who has difficulty walking. The subways generally do not have
elevators, the expanses from one train to the other are long, and people get
frustrated with someone who is slow. I need to ascend the stairs one at a time
due to a bad knee. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have explored getting “access-a-ride,” the service for
people with disabilities. However, in order to use this service, I would need to
call two days ahead of time and a have a two-hour window for pick up. Not only
is the service impractical, it’s disrespectful. The system implies that a
person who needs the ride does not have a job or any other timely commitment,
It’s a reflection of how American society views people with disabilities in
general.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am not that person, the fictional person without
responsibilities. I am disabled, yes. I have a speech impediment and move
slowly and with difficulty. I am also a busy mother. I teach an adjunct class.
I am four years into writing a biography. I am currently working with a lawyer
on putting together a non-profit for poets with disabilities. I write essays. I
am currently writing my fourth book of poetry. I am on my condo board. And,
this is just the tip of the so-called iceberg. In other words, I’m a typical
New Yorker. Distracted, busy, sometimes in my own head.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Thursday, which could be any given Thursday, here was
what was inside my head; I left therapy at 5, fifteen minutes late. I had to be
at a condo board meeting at 6:30. I planned to get to my neighborhood and meet
my son for dinner and go to the meeting in the expanse of an hour and half. In
the process, I bent over my phone to send an email at 14<sup>th</sup> street
and didn’t notice that I had gotten on the wrong train. When I got on the
train, I started doing the crossword puzzle. At 59<sup>th</sup>, I remarked to
myself that I had forgotten that stop was on this route. In the 70s, I realized
the train was absolutely not going to Queens. I got off at the Natural History
Museum. Slogged down another long flight of stairs and started the journey in
reverse. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I got to Queens to transfer to the train to Brooklyn,
it was 6:15. I realized that I would not be able to meet my son for dinner
before the condo meeting. There is a long hallway between trains. As I walked
up the stairs, I was worrying about my son’s late dinner, arrangements I had to
make for a summer trip, and the condo meeting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m a very open person, so sometimes I stop and give
directions to people or say hello. I watched this very clean-cut, young
ordinary man walk ahead of me. Then, he circled back and came up to me. I
stopped because I thought he needed directions of something. He told me “I
don’t know if it’s ok to say this.” I thought he was going to ask me out on a
date. It was very awkward. I said, “What is it?” I really wanted him to hurry
and he was hesitating. He told me, ‘I want to know if I could pray for you to
heal your legs.” He pointed to my legs. I was completely taken aback. I
fumbled. I told him, “I am happy the way I am.” He told me, “It’s not about you
being happy. It’s about curing your legs.” It seemed as if he wanted to do a
“healing” right then and there. He told me, “It will only take a minute. You
can say ‘no’ if you want.” I said, “No” very firmly, and he walked off. And I
walked off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But that wasn’t quite the end of it. I wanted to be nice
because he was obviously very awkward and well-intended. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I can imagine many, many abled-bodied people reading this
won’t understand what the fuss is all about. Even though if one isn’t the kind
of religious person that believes God can magically “cure” a person through
prayer, they will probably attests, “Hey, this guy meant well.” But what he
said was not okay. It is not okay to stop a busy stranger and tell them that
there is something wrong with them and you can fix it. It feels like a
violation. It feels like and assault. And it is. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like you to put yourself in my shoes
for a moment. How would you feel if someone approached you and offered to have
God help you? The problem is that it doesn’t have the same effect as helping a
person who is actually in trouble. I have had many people offer to take my arm
when going down the stairs. Many times I accept, sometimes I don’t, but this
has a different feeling. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The feeling I got was one of worthlessness. I felt like this
person (abled) thought he had a power over me (disabled). I felt deeply unseen.
Would this person understand that I was a mother? A teacher? That I owned a
condo? Would he understand that I have a lot of agency and part of the agency is
to shake off this exchange and go on with my day? Does he care?<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the urging of my husband, Jim, I decided to write this
“essay” on disability, AWP, and the disability caucus. There have been rumors
and misinformation flying left and right about disability, the caucus, and accessibility
at AWP. There have been many posts and articles criticizing the caucus. There
have been just as many articles and posts about the treatment of disabled
writers at AWP from people who are very mad, yet refused to help with the
caucus. There have also been things published that are factually incorrect. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I want to be clear. This article isn’t about shaming people;
hence, no names will be referred to other than in positives ways and no links
will be put up. It isn’t about putting down the choices of others, or the way
others have chosen to deal with the issues of AWP and the world. This essay is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">absolutely </i>not about trying to trump the
many, many people who have come before me nor to belittle their work. Nor is
this essay about my ego. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This essay is about the story of what happened, and the work
that me and six or seven others did. If only to congratulate and remind myself.
No need to join or even congratulate us, but I would like people to read before
they continue to criticize, spread rumors, and protest. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to skip the blather- scroll down to the
“timeline.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before I continue. A bit about me. I am passionate activist
and poet. I live in NYC with my husband, one son, and four animals. I have been
an “outsider” poet all my life. My father is a ‘famous’ critic, so I grew up
with literature, but my entry into the poetry world has been slow. I was
writing for 10 years before my first book, and twenty before any recognition.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am the author of three books of poetry, co-editor of
Beauty is a Verb, and independent scholar/biographer of the poet Larry Eigner.
I have no institutional backing. I do not have an academic job. I am able to
support my work through SSDI and my husband’s teaching salary – neither of
which are large. I was a NYC high school teacher for 4 years, but unable to
deal with the prejudice, so I left. I adjunct and enjoy it. But, due to the
fact that I have cerebral palsy and a speech impediment, I’ve found navigating
the New York job market nearly impossible. In short, I equate myself to Sylvia
Plath. I am a writer/housewife. All the work I have done with AWP has been
solely funded my own household and initiative. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is my story:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last year, I was invited to do a disability panel for Poetry
magazine by my friend Don Share. I do not like AWP and have to fund my own
trips, so I didn’t really want to do it. However, I have a good friend from
Winona and desperately wanted to experience Minneapolis, so I packed up my 10
year old son and off we went.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The morning of the panel, my cell phone rang. I got the call
that one of my best friends had died of a brain tumor. She moved to Russian
previously and we had lost touch. Needless to say, this was all not fun… a lot
happened next… but I will skip ahead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jeffrey and I were in the book fair, and we met two wonderful
disabled writers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leslye Orr and Katie.
They said to me, why doesn’t AWP have a disability caucus? I said, “What is a
caucus?” Also, after the panel, a wonderful writer named Kelly Davio approached
me. She told me that she knew someone on the AWP staff. I believe this was
Christian Tersi. She had asked the person to come I and watch the end of the
panel. This person was interested.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I went home and emailed my “true partner in crime,” Sheila
Black, and said “What is a caucus?” She didn’t really know either, but we
decided that if other minorities had one… hell, even elementary school teachers
had one, we needed one too. We turned to our friend ‘Facebook” for help. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Meanwhile, our third, Michael Northen, was way ahead of the
game. Early on, he began working on the Disability Consortium Table and a
reading for AWP. He had a successful fundraiser to make this happen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is the next chain of events:<o:p></o:p></div>
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I cannot find the original post, but just days after AWP
2015, I got to work, with Sheila’s urging. I put a post on Facebook to build a
caucus. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On April 14, 2015 I posted a Facebook message asking for 30
regular attendees to sign a petition for a disability caucus. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On April 15, I had collected about 20 signatures; the first
on my list was Lynn Melnick of Vida. There were a number of trans writers on
the list and the list was primarily able-bodied people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Later that day, Meg Day approached me via email and
expressed interest in helping form the caucus.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By April 27, 2015 Meg, Sheila, and I had exchanged 30
emails. Meg had drafted the caucus proposal to AWP. This added up (already) to
numerous unpaid hours.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On April 15, 2015 I started a Facebook group for writers
with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By May, we three, with Meg doing most of the paperwork, had
submitted the caucus to AWP. So, the recent article that the caucus was put
together AFTER the outcry simply isn’t true.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then came the scandals. I am not going to dwell on those
because, frankly, most people were following those versus the work we did for
the caucus. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A primary complaint was that there were no disability
specific panels accepted to AWP 2016, with the exception of the caucus. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Later, turned out this wasn’t <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">completely true</i>. The truth was more complex. There were actually a
few panels based on trauma and illness and other panels with disabled writers
on them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also, I was hesitant about signing the petition because it
insisted retroactively that a disability panel be accepted, and personally, I
did not agree with that. But, I am thrilled the petition got out there and
helped.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>August 1<sup>st</sup>,
I reached out to Christian Teresi via facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Also, messaged David Fenza who did not reply). This started a 12 page
correspondence about accessibility at AWP. I pressed hard on issues of getting
a disabled activist on the Board, in the subcommittees, and accessibility
issues. Meanwhile, Sandra Beasley, who lives in DC, and Sarah Katz, who works
for AWP, were also working on these issues.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On August 3, 2015, Christian approached Sheila, Meg, and I
regarding all the negative media attention that AWP had received. This (again)
began a 20 plus email exchange. I posed question based on what I had read of
other’s experiences, my own experience at Bronycon. and Meg and Sheila’s
suggestions. Some of these were:<o:p></o:p></div>
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1. Is there a possibility of getting a person at registration to help people
with disabilities so that we don't have to wait in line?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">2.
Is there a possibility that the person people connect with via email can ask as
a liaison for folks if hotels give them trouble?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">3.
Is there a possibility that the language on the website can reflect the MLA
language?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Is there a possibility that AWP can apologize for past inaccessibility issues?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">5, is
there a possibility that it be a REQUIREMENT that panelist bring print outs to
panels? I don't even think that this should be in accessibility, but in general
rules...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">6.
Could AWP consider using CART?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Because it is email, I cannot post the answers without CT
permission. If he gives it, I will.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This led to a 2-hour telephone conference with Christian and
others at AWP. Hopefully, I’m getting my point across. This was a lot of work
and time. All along the way, we asked people to post complains, suggestions,
and be involved. Many complained. Few helped.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But now we had a caucus and we needed to get organized. We
quickly learned that Meg won a grant and was leaving for Australia. Over the
next few months, Meg put countless hours into making bylaws, building a website,
forming twitter, and Facebook pages and so on. Meanwhile, Sandra Beasley, Sarah
Katz, Jillian Weisse, Michael Northen, Kelly Davio, and Ellen McGrath Smith all
were working steadily on preparing for the caucus. Jim Ferris agreed to be
nominated for president. I kept reaching out to people to address specific
issues. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Through countless emails and hours, as a group, we were able
to<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, that I write this. I feel we
haven’t accomplished as much and as vast as we set out to do. Although, just
having the attention of the Directors, forming a caucus where there was none,
and getting an activist on the subcommittee was a lot. Next year, it will be an
even bigger splash.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What I mainly would like to point
out is that I do not deserve to be put down or attacked. I, and many others,
did hours and hours of work. We asked many to help. Many declined. We still
went ahead. The work surely isn’t done. These are just baby steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://gloucesterwriters.org/podcast/jennifer-bartlett/http://gloucesterwriters.org/podcast/jennifer-bartlett/">Jennifer Bartlett on Larry Eigner at the Gloucester Writer's Center</a> PodcastUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-83831738524972494692014-09-14T13:55:00.001-07:002014-09-14T13:55:13.191-07:00Wonderful Review of AutobiographyThank you to Ona Gritz for the wonderful review of "Autobiography" in the new issue of <a href="http://www.wordgathering.com/issue31/reviews/bartlett.html">Wordgathering</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-55548418372309490062014-08-25T12:04:00.001-07:002014-08-25T12:04:01.345-07:00St Mark's Poetry Project WorkshopI am teaching a workshop this Fall at St. Mark's Poetry Project.<br />
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Every poet has a body which they write through and with. In this workshop we will focus on how individual impairment and the somatic experience affect poetics. We will read, discuss, and write poems based on the work of Robert Duncan, Larry Eigner, Robert Grenier, Norma Cole, CA Conrad, Bernadette Mayer, and Ellen McGrath Smith. Everyone will get a free copy of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beauty is a Verb; The New Poetry of Disability.</em></div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jennifer Bartlett</b> is author of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Derivative of the Moving Image</em> and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(a) lullaby without any music.</em> She is co-editor of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability</em>. Individual poems are forthcoming in <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aufgabe </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Poetry</em>. She is the biographer of Larry Eigner.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This workshop will be held at <a href="http://www.abronsartscenter.org/plan-your-visit/getting-here.html" style="border: 0px; color: #1193a8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Abrons Art Center</a> (466 Grand St. at Pitt St.).</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://poetryproject.org/movement-as-poetry-a-workshop-on-the-somatic-and-disability/">http://poetryproject.org/movement-as-poetry-a-workshop-on-the-somatic-and-disability/</a></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-10594548270993131712014-08-16T15:19:00.001-07:002014-08-16T15:19:30.957-07:00The Academy of American PoetsThan you to the Academy of American Poets for publishing my poem from Autobiography/Anti-Autobiography.<a href="http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/jennifer-bartlett">The Sun Rears...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-82650026863603570282014-07-24T12:33:00.001-07:002014-07-24T12:34:29.688-07:00Press Release for Autobiography/ Anti-Autoobiography<br />
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* Autobiography is a very original text for a number of reasons. Although there are many wonderful disability activists writing today, few of these have cerebral palsy and fewer are writing poetry. The primary method for "telling ones life" is memoir. </div>
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Autobiography/Anti-<wbr></wbr>Autobiography directly confronts an abliest culture, not theoretically but through direct example of a so-called "impaired" woman as she moves through the landscape of motherhood, marriage, romance, work, and sexuality. </div>
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Neither completely narrative nor experimental "Autobiography" is a mix of a "story" of an alternate body told through both form and content.</div>
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In the tradition of Larry Eigner (a poet with severe cerebral palsy associated with Black Mountain and Olson's Projective Verse) <b> Bartlett creates a new form and grammar that reflects what it would mean to write <i>through </i>a body with cerebral palsy. </b>She writes: </div>
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The second half of the collection is Anti-Autobiography. This part of the collection explores, not our differences, but our commonalities. Anti-Autobiography means to tell a story that can be told by anyone. Bartlett's particular story is one of a friend passing away from HIV/AIDS, another addicted to sex, and her own challenges with motherhood, an open marriage, nature, and books.Although these are particulars, the common link is suffering, happiness, and the overall getting through life. As Robert Grenier writes his preface to the book:</div>
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<b>It is nearly impossible for me not to give books away, however, because I am "in charge" of distribution, I have to be strict with myself. I am able to send potential educators a PDF. However, if you are interested in teaching it, please also buy a hard copy. Also, think of requiring your students to buy a copy, All "proceeds" will go to a second printing, and to fund my Larry Eigner biography (since I have a publisher but no institutional backing.)</b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-67299903503596479402013-02-20T10:09:00.001-08:002013-02-20T10:16:11.285-08:00The Next Big Thing: On (a) lullaby without any music<br />
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<b>What is the working title of the book?</b><br />
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It is the same as it is now, but the parenthesis and absence of capitol letters arrived later.<br />
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The [Husband] poems where directly influenced by a sonnet that Lisa Jarnot wrote for her husband Thomas Evans (published in Night Scenes). The idea for the Field Guides came from experiencing the natural environment in Hood River, Oregon, and my dilettantish interest in the form of a 'field guide.' The final section came from the day I smoked marajuana with my 78 year old grandmother and a visit to the children's museum in San Francisco that had an archival room full of bones and dead things.<br />
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Poetry<br />
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<b>What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?</b><br />
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My life is a Noah Baumbach film, utterly. And so is this book. It's Margot at the Wedding, with slightly less drama. Slightly.<br />
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Love and birds.<br />
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My entire life.<br />
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Lisa Jarnot, Andrea Baker, my husband Jim Stewart, my kid Jeffrey Stewart, my dad, my Aunt Cathy, my mother-in-law, my mother, my grandmother, my two pet (wild) Cardinals, Mount Adams, Maryrose Larkin, COAS bookstore in Los Cruces, Jim Campbell, a young Japanese boy I loved named Kenzo, Emma Bee Bernstein, Eric Bartlett Chappelle, Lewis and Clark, my car Susie and Powells bookstore.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-12771423274472848232013-02-07T14:40:00.001-08:002013-02-07T18:54:05.194-08:00A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stranger things have happened, but not really.<br />
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My neighbor, colleague and one of my dearest friends, Andrea Baker, is the subject of the documentary A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument. The documentary, made by Matt Boyd, is a quiet meditation of Andrea's marriage (now ended) to the talented musician Walter Baker. This piece of cinema reflects the vision of a wonderful filmmaker, who studied with Jem Cohen. The film has been recently discussed/reviewed in <a href="http://filmmakermagazine.com/64878-matt-boyd-on-a-rubberband-is-an-unlikely-instrument-exclusive-trailer/">Filmmaker</a> and <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945192/">Variety</a> and <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-02-06/film/a-rubberband-is-an-unlikely-instrument/">The Village Voice</a>. People who do not know cinema might review it as "tedious" but those who love Anges Varda and others, will adore it for it's beauty.<br />
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One crucial thing that the reviewerd are not mentioning is Andrea's work as a poet. Andrea and I met through poetry shortly before she was chosen by Claudia Rankine for the <a href="http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/chapbook_fellowship/2004/gilda/">Poetry Society Chapbook Fellowship</a>. She has essays pertaining to marriage <a href="http://therumpus.net/author/andrea-baker/">Here</a> and poetics <a href="http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/new_american_poets/andrea_baker/">Here</a>. Her visual poetry appears in the <a href="http://www.omni-verse.net/visual-poetry-andrea-baker/">Current Omni-Verse</a> and her second collection will be published in 2013 by OmniDawn Press.<br />
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I hope those interested in the film take the time to look at Andrea's work. Like the film, like Andrea, her work is a great lyric.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-88255522164736107932012-11-19T18:00:00.000-08:002012-11-19T18:00:01.931-08:00Far From The TreeI have been obsessively reading (and reading about) Andrew Solomon's new book Far From the Tree. I discovered the book last week when I read a review of it in the New Yorker that rubbed me the wrong way. Solomon's book focuses on parenting and the idea of horizontal parenting, meaning parenting a child with an identity different from yours. The 900 pages of the book include chapters about Deafness, severe disability, "dwarfism", Prodigies, Trangender children, and children who turn out to be criminals.<br />
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Although the book is about parenting, it bleeds into the disability rights movement, What is disappointing about the book is that it spreads the message of Simi Lipton, Lennard Davis, Jim Ferris, Rosemarie Garland, myself, Sheila Black and many others. However, it clearly takes someone sexier with more clout to get our message across which has been largely ignored for 30 years. This is not to say that I don't love the book and am very proud of Solomon. It's only to say that we deserve air-time too! All too often is the message of disability only attended to when the more or less abled or parents are doing the speaking...and this is frustrating.<br />
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Despite this, Solomon is caring and he truly seems to get it or get most of it. He follows through on the ideas the disability is a social construction, that typical exists (but not normal). He asks the reader to look at the children as their parents do - as valid human beings, no matter how severe their impairment. He has the ideas and language down pretty well.<br />
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He does mess up (just my luck) when discussing cerebral palsy. CP is included in the "very disabled" section and he just doesn't give enough of a description for the lay reader to understand what CP is and how it varies. He follows the life of Alix, a young women with CP, but he spends most of his time describing Alix's abled helpers rather than her. He describes Alix's physical state, but says nothing about her intellectual state. To me this is scary because people with CP are so often misjudged in their brilliance. For example, all kinds of misinformation about Larry Eigner has been written so that even I was surprised at his intellectual capabilities (i.e. how many people to you know who have read Stein, Wittenstein. Pound, and pretty much everything else.) By omitting discussion of Alix's intellectual life, Solomon is doing a disservice to all people with CP who remain under judged.<br />
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He also does the disservice of quoting transgender people but not people with disabilities. This IS a book about parenting, so not as to include children's voices would be a stylistic choice, but including the voice of one group and not another reads as ableism.<br />
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The parents in this book are to be lauded the most. In a perfect world, there would be no ableism (or at least people would know what that is!!! for crying outloud!) but these are peole who were clearly ableist and through raising a child with a disability, have expanded their view of humanity and understanding. They have been brave enough to keep their children and fight for them, and what we should do for ANY child -- accept them for who they are, not who we want. And the parents, many of whom were potential uber-parenting New York rich people, openly confess to thinking they wanted a designer baby and ended up with a child with Downs or Autism and had their lives, their attitudes changed completely. Solomon doesn't dwell on parents who rejected their children, but they have had a voice for too long. It's time to have people who are disabled or raise disabled children to have a voice.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-56805042518531142702012-10-11T05:45:00.001-07:002012-10-11T05:45:15.032-07:00Eigner Reading ListI am writing to you from the Dodd Research Center in Storrs Conn. The archive is a magical place. The librarians are wonderful and the resources are plenty! I stood in front of Charles Olson's copy of Moby Dick, literally.<br />
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As I go deeper down the well, I realize how important Larry Eigner was in the world of poetry and letters. Yesterday, I went through letters from Zukofski, Olson, Creeley, Anne Charters, and of course, Cid Corman. I am beginning to regard Larry as truly an anchor -- a bridge between poetries -- most notably Black Mountain and Language Poetry.<br />
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I plan (as part of the project) to retrace Eigner's reading. From the letters, I've been able to retrace the book he either read or interacted with through Corman's radio show. Here is PARTIAL list for 1956<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chapter I -- Swampscott<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Swampscott,
Massachusetts is a working class New England town with a sea wall. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Long known
as a seafaring fishing village, it previously hosted a large commercial fleet
in the early 1900s, which sailed daily from the bay. In the 1920s, one man in
three was a fisherman. The rest were shoemakers, shoe cutters, yeomen, farmers,
or merchants.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The town currently has a tiny center with city offices in a
building referred to as the Edison Mansion -- a marker of the area. The
mansion, designed by James T Kelly, was once the home of Professor Eilhu
Thompson who founded Thompson- Houston Electric Company in a merger with Thomas
Edison. The city offices close at 1 pm. on Fridays. In the Swampscott Library,
now mostly filled with computers and Russian literature, there is a detailed history
of the town. Various important events include two incidents of whales washing
up on the shore, and Joseph Eigner being awarded a school fellowship<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>These details point to the nature of
the environment, an average working class small town.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Although the librarians are
aware that a famous poet once lived in Swampscott, very few of his books reside
in the collection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eigner family is one that had been
settled in the area for quite some time before Larry Eigner’s birth. His
younger brother, Richard Eigner describes his paternal grandfather, Joseph, as
a successful Lynn businessman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lynn, the
neighboring town, was once part of the fishing village in which Larry Eigner
grew up. Richard recalls:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
[Joseph] came as an immigrant without any resources at all…. the classic
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He primarily became a shoe
manufacturer and when that business failed, he started another one and sold it
for a lot of money. He became connected with Yankee society in Lynn. He built a
mansion where he and his wife, Cecilia, raised eight children: three girls and
five boys, one of whom would become our father, Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After selling the second shoe business,
the elder Eigner went into banking, a common business venture at the time. After
the crash of 1929, </span>Joseph Eigner went bankrupt and<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the
financial situation became dire<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he had been keeping real estate in his
wife’s name so the property remained in the family. One of these houses would
later become the place where Larry Eigner would spend most of his life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In the crash, the elder not only had his large family to support but
also in-laws and an extended family. The stress was too much for him and he
died shortly after. However, Larry Eigner’s, Israel, father grew up in the
environment of a large, successful family. Israel would go onto the attend
Dartmouth before settling down with a girl from a neighboring town.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While Bessie Polansky had a less
materially secure childhood, Larry Eigner’s mother was raised as a typical New
Englander, spending her childhood in Salem, Massachusetts opposite the House of
Seven Gables. Eigner wrote of his mother, whose parents immigrated from Lithuania,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“brought here from Chagall’s home town
(Slonim) at age 1 by grndma Polansky- 30-odd yrs ago ma thght aloud a few times
how her family and/or the town must be going up in Nazi smoke, let’s say.” Richard
describes his mother as “bookish and the star pupil, according to her account,
of Salem High School. She completely absorbed the Puritanical work ethic and
the high validation of literary culture.” It was this combination that would
become crucial in the raising of her sons. Her interest in Shakespeare,
Longfellow and traditional poetry would be the launching point of her eldest
son’s vocation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lawrence Joel Eigner was born on August
7, 1927 in Lynn. Eigner, who would be the oldest of three boys, described the
event of his birth as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
forceps injury..…. The doctor Richard Williams, Mother says, apologized for not
measuring her right. If he had, she’s said, I would have been delivered in the
Cesarean [stet.] way. The doctor told my folks they could sue him for
malpractice, but considering the thing an accident or something they let it
go…..Either my mother was too small or I was too big. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is unclear whether the Eigner family
knew immediately that their eldest had cerebral palsy. Upon her son’s birth,
Bessie began recording the events in a baby book, which would later include
details of his two brothers as well. In her impeccable handwriting she notes
her first son’s development:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sept.
26, 1927; baby began to follow voices…baby cooed today on his second month’s
birthday, and during the week he started to try to raise himself in a sitting
posture….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All these notes point to average
occurances in the infant’s development. However, his physical difference would later
be noted. On March 3, 1930, Bessie writes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Larry
talks not vey plainly but well enough to be understood. He seems to have a very
good memory. He knows quite a number of nursery rhymes. At the end of last
summer he began to sit without back support. Although there seems to be little
improvement in his left side --it isn’t very marked. I find that excitement upsets
him, must be very careful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In biographical information about the
poet, Richard writes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Along with the identification of Larry's birth injury as
cerebral palsy came the widely accepted claim that his disability impaired
cognitive capacity, as if limitation on Larry's mental development would match
limitations on his capacity to manage his body's physical movements…Bess would
not accept this claim…..</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was my mother’s campaign to have
Larry educated as much as he was. At that time, it was thought that children
like Larry could not be educated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The family lived on Pine Street in
Swampscott for two years after Eigner’s birth before moving to 23 Bates Road. Here,
the poet would spend the first 50 years of his life rarely venturing out with
the exception of three years of schooling at the Massachusetts Hospital School
and summers at Camp Jened for the Handicapped in New York State. Richard
describes that house at 23 Bates Road as a traditional New England two family
residence. At first, the Eigners, lived on the second floor while renting out
the first. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
arrangement must have been difficult for Bessie. As they lived upstairs, the
young poet rarely went out and it was up to his mother to move him from room to
room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon, the family moved to the
first floor and the glassed-porch would become the poet’s studio. It would be
from this porch that Eigner would observe the nature and all the neighborhood
coming and goings.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">23 Bates Road is now part of an upper
class neighborhood with well-kept houses, most of which have large additions.
In the 1920s, though, Italian immigrants, with the exception of the Eigner
family, inhabited the short street. Richard describes “the principal address” as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
tract of land on which a house was built. Most of it [the street] was undeveloped.
</span>On the tracts that had been developed, all the <o:p></o:p></div>
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families except
for one, came from the same part of Italy<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the Adriatic Sea: a very impoverished town
called Terre.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all had the same name, Matera and almost
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although the sea was within a few
blocks, one would have to take a windy trail that would have been impossible to
navigate with an old-fashioned wheelchair. Bates Road is crossed with Charlotte
Street, named after an Eigner cousin, led to a dead end and forest. Richard
notes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
walked through a woodsy path and came to a beach. </span>We did have a big
bulky wheelchair for outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were
always aware that the whole Atlantic Ocean was out there. We could hear the
sound…there were things like waves and so forth, but to get to the beach, you
had to go through a real wooded swamp-like area through skunk cabbage; I
remember pushing that wicker chair through the woods.<o:p></o:p></div>
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the ocean would become a main character in both Eigner’s early and later poems.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bessie had her son involved in physical
therapy from early on. In an interview, Eigner describes: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
a kid, physiotherapy was the hardest part of the time (I went to the clinic in
Boston’s Children’s Hospital 3 times a week then at the age of 10 or 11 stayed
there as an in-patient for a few months) real scary, like mountain climbing on
a seesaw when I tried walking, and perverse failure when flexing my left ankle.
All things else were like physiotherapy (While my folks would walk me too, from
bedroom to kitchen standing behind holding me: I’d also sit on chairs as well
as armchairs, and travel, before I had the walker, around the house on my
knees.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of Eigner’s lifetime correspondence
with poets started with a postcard to Boston poet Cid Corman who had a radio
show. This letter was the connection that would lead Eigner into the world of
poetry. The poet describes the event: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
1949, a couple of months after finishing up the last course (at the U of
Chicago) I bumped into Cid Corman reading Yeats, on the radio, in his first
program, I gather, for Boston. I disagreed with his non-declamatory way of
reading and wrote him so. This began a correspondence in which I got introduced
to things, and the ice broke considerably.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although just three years older, Corman
quickly took on a mentorship role to the “younger poet.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In April 1950, shortly after their
correspondence began Corman writes, “Your writing pleases me. It is gratifying
that you have only taken criticism, but persisted with it to the point of
improvement.” He follows with, “You must teach yourself – and be patient with
yourself. If you can’t be, who else is likely to be -- as who else can
positively care as much?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was through Corman that Eigner’s
interest in poetry was rekindled after a pause from his engagement with it as a
teenager. Both through his correspondence courses with the University of
Chicago and his mother’s influence, the poet had exclusively been exposed to
more traditional poetry. Well into his teenage years, he continued to write
rhyming verse. Not only was this what his was familiar with, but also poetry in
rhyme made it easier to retain while waiting for a family member to transcribe
it. His first collection, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Poems</i>,
published in 8th grade was a reflection of such. Though, the poet was not
reading Longfellow exclusively. By the time he wrote to Corman, he was deeply
involved with e.e. Cummings and Hart Crane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As Eigner continued to correspond with
the Bostonian and send him poems, Corman encouraged his friend to be more open
and experimental. It was through this exchange that Eigner began to leave
behind the poetry of his youth in what Richard describes as “rebelling against
his mother.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corman, perhaps sensing
rebellion writes, “Fewer people who liked your earlier things will like these
newer pieces, but I think you must realize yourself how much better they are.” Corman
advises, “If you are unsatisfied with a poem, any part of it, keep at it. Say
exactly what you want to – that is, keep the overtones, ambiguities, tied to
your ideas. Pack your words tight – and yet naturally.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also mentions, “You might look over some
Williams” for a reference to directness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The concepts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of “immediacy and
force” were two considerations that would stick with Eigner throughout his
vocation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite
Corman’s worry that “some people would not like his work” Eigner began
publishing shortly after this first correspondence. According to Curtis
Fayville: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Eigner's
first published poem--aside from a number of juvenile pieces published prior to
age 14--appeared in the fugitive little magazine <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Goad #3</i> [Summer 1952], edited by Horace Schwartz. Schwartz was a
connected participant in the literary world of the Bay Area in the 1950's and
'60's, who knew Rexroth, Kees (both he and Schwartz had come from Nebraska) and
many other local figures, and briefly ran a bookstore in San Francisco (Named
the Rexroth bookstore). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Goad</i> lasted
for four issues, and also published early work by Creeley and Ferlinghetti.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Corman’s own magazine <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Origin</i> had its beginnings in 1950 with a
correspondence, previous to the magazine’s publication, between Charles Olson
and the editor. Of the magazine, the first contributor, Olson, writes, “The
thing you ought to know, is, that you have the will to make a MAG is a very
fine thing, and is hailed by this citizen.” Olson urges Corman to resist taking
money from the University (in this case Brandeis) as he worries that the
association will damage the integrity of the magazine. He writes: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">yr
two letters arrived today, about BRANDEIS. But I am here most practical: the test
you are looking for, of such censorship as Lewisohn, Hindus and Elder Gerard
is, precisely, these 50 pages, NOT, the first year of yr editorship. For you
will put yourself in the position of earning their approval, invariably, that
you will woo it, that first year. Which, my friend, is worse than outright
censorship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Olson pushed to use the first issue
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Origin</i> as a platform for his work
- what would become the Maximus Poems - urging Corman, “Can you, will you, by
some means (even a notary, maybe?) give me absolute assurance you will (despite
all weathers, fair or foul) give me the 40 pages of issue #1 you have told me
you plan to give me?” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And on the envelop
of a letter dated March 1, 51, Olson writes, “O my sone, rise from thy
bed…/work what is wise.” This became the “motto” for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Origin</i> securing Charles Olson’s hand in the venture. *<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Independent Living Movement had its
early beginnings in 1962 when Ed Roberts applied to the University of
California, Berkeley. Roberts was rejected by the Dean on the grounds, “We have
tried cripples before and it didn’t work.” In addition to non-accessible
classrooms and libraries, a major issue for Roberts was that there was no
dormitory that could support the iron lung he slept in as treatment for polio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The attitude of the time was best expressed
by the poet Josephine Miles who thought of the inaccessible campus as “simply
not being built for me.” Miles, who had acute rheumatoid arthritis, dealt with
the issue of mobility by being carried from location to location by assistants
rather than using a wheelchair. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She,
like most of society, viewed disability as a personal problem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, with Roberts persisting, the
school soon agreed to let him reside on the third floor of Crowall Hospital and
enlist fellow students to help him get around campus. He joined with others to
form the activist group, The Rolling Quads. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1968, when the Quads faced eviction, they
organized a revolt that would lead to the creation of curb cuts and other
accessibility - on and off campus. Robert’s revolution also led to the Physically
Disabled Students Program (PDSP). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PDSP took its ideas from a program that
gave minorities resources to prevent dropouts. Out of this came the first
Center for Independent Living (CIL). The basis of the CIL was to provide people
with disabilities complete control over where and how they wanted to live.
Previously, people with disabilities had been resigned to spending their lives in
institutions or, in rare cases such as Eigner’s, provided for by their
families. In both cases, neither led to a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">choice
</i>of lifestyle. Wheelchairs themselves were not geared toward independence
nor thought of as mobility tools, hence the outdated expression “wheelchair
bound.” They were devices that provided limited movement in hospitals or at
homes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instituted in 1972, the Center for
Independent Living was run by people with disabilities who had control over who
their caretakers would be and where they would live. The founding of the CIL
coincided with Judy Heumann’s civil rights struggle in New York City. In 1970,
Heumann, a quadriplegic who had had polio, was denied a license to teach in New
York City Public Schools despite passing the oral and written tests. When she
flunked the physical, Heumann sued the Department of Education with a
discrimination charge, and the case was settled in the defendant’s favor. If
these events crossed the Eigner’s path in his copious reading, he did not
mention it in letters. However, the movement was not alien to Richard. It was
with the expectation that Richard would eventually take over his mother’s role
as caregiver that he set up house in Berkeley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This was the environment that Larry Eigner
moved into when he arrived in the west in 1978. After Israel’s death, it became
clear that Bessie would be unable to care for her son herself. Once in Berkley,
Richard became the poet’s legal conservator, and it was his intention that his
brother become as independent as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
stab at independence didn’t work out as successfully as the poet’s family had
hoped. On January 6, 1978 Eigner notes, in a letter to Bessie, “electric [wheel]chair
arrived fifteen days ago.” This was his first and meant to provide new
independence, particularly in the accessible landscape of Berkeley. But things
with the chair weren’t so easy. The poet describes an accident of falling over
on campus, “legging myself up with the help up and back with the help of a cop
and a passerby.” He complained:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
won’t fold and the batteries, a big job to move, make it too heavy to lift. We
agreed, too, it’s not so good for around the house. For instance, I can push
backward with my feet, but not forward, it’s soo hvy, and my hand is kept
rather busy driving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ultimately,
he abandoned the new technology for the old, continuing, as he always had, to
“scoot” throughout the house in his manual chair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Upon first arriving in Berkeley,
Richard encouraged the poet to settle in a group home (independent living)
situation. Eigner, however, who had described his life as “the longest
childhood ever,” was recalcitrant against the independence that Richard and his
sister-in-law Beverly encouraged. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
first, he lived in a group home similar to the Center for Independent Living on
La Loma Street. Throughout letters to his mother, one gets to know his
housemates, the attendants, and the poet’s frustration with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house itself, although Eigner didn’t entirely
hate it, was an environment of endless drama, particularly around the
staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He laments to his mother:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
phone’s been disconnected again, 2<sup>nd</sup> time this year. This time when
Anna some weeks ago got a private extension of the one downstairs here was
switched to L’s room (L is the attendant who arrived from Philly Easter Monday
and the phone company, getting wind of this and disapproving has disconnected.
This is the story I get anyway….One remark was that one of the attendants
charges her (Adele) when he reads to her (the newest ord…after all). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cid Corman suggested,</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> “You sound
like your living in the center of a 3-ring circus – and enjoying every minute
of it. It don’t sound like the porch in Swampscott.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">However, </span>the Center for
Independent Living didn’t have the facilities that the Eigners had hoped. Beverly
Eigner remembers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We thought it
would be a good resource for Larry when he came out here, but it didn’t work
out that way. Perhaps The Center was too early in its evolution but it didn’t
really help us at all. Actually, it was negative because on two occasions, I
brought him into a socialization group, and they said Larry was ‘too spoiled.’ [I]
Took him to Cerebral Palsy Association and Larry told them all he could do and that
he didn’t need any help which was frustrating because he didn’t listen to what
they offered. But we found that he needed some social interaction outside of us
because we would cater to his needs and not every one would. So that was a
problem, socially. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I have a new chapbook from Albion Press. The chap includes a short essay on the beginning process of researching Larry Eigner's biography, as well as some biographical information about Eigner, and his collection, ON MY EYES and some juicy details about Denise Levertov. You won't find this in stores!</div>
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It can be purchased <a href="http://www.brianteare.net/albion-books/publications/fourth-series/anythinghas-to-be-easy-enoughto-get-done">HERE</a> from the wonderful Brian Teare. It's the best $15 you will ever spend! Send her chocolate Hostess cupcakes and the author will even sign it for you.</div>
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We started our adventure at 23 Bates Road. And continued onto the Swampscott Public Library, the buildings dept (which was closed) and onto Glouchester. Here are the photos:<br />
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1970, Burning Desk, Letter L. Signed, a week<br />
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In November a friend came to visit, and we took a trip over to visit Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee. As luck would have it, it's difficult to leave CB's apartment without and project - and this would become mine. Now, the time I worked on this sillily seems too long. Bur with the help on my every trusty assistant TED (who knows how to scan) we put together this EPC page for Mary Rising Higgins. </center><center><br /></center><center>I can't say enough good things about Mary. Mary died a number of years ago from cancer. She had been my father's student at UNM where she always said she "discovered Language Poetry." She was the companion of my teacher Gene Frunkin and in a long time writing group. Her endeavors were supported by John Tritica, Bruce Holsapple, Jeff Byran, Gloria Frym Peter Gannick, and many others who loved, published, wrote with and read her work. Many of these folks, along with David Abel, Rachel Higgins and esp Gloria Frym helped create this page. </center><center><br /></center><center>Shortly before her death, Michael Goldsten saw Mary read at a cafe in Albquerque New Mexico for Jim & I's journal Saint Elizabeth Street. A professor at Columbia, Michael decided to have Mary come to New York and read with Charles Bernstein. Afterward we had a party at Michael's house. It was one of the absolute happiest moments of my life in New York. Mary was sick at the time and she had decided to keep her illness private. She later told me something to the effect that she didn't want people feeling bad for her. She just wanted to have a good time. This connection and the happiness it brought Mary remains one of the most important events of my life as a poet. </center><center><br /></center><center>I am so happy that I got the opportunity to do this, to send good wishes out to Mary, and to (hopefully)</center><center>bring some new readers to her work. Thank you Charles, James, Ted, and Loss!! The Buffalo web genius.</center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-85302676250467274352012-04-24T11:14:00.001-07:002012-04-24T11:22:38.160-07:00ORIGINSo yesterday, I was treated to two hours of examining 30 copies of Cid Corman's Origin. These are some thoughts (off the cuff). Some details might be a little off.<br />
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Origin magazine was started in around 1950 by Cid Corman who at that time lived in the Boston area. As the magazine came to fruition, there were a series of letters between Corman and Charles Olson as to what a 'good' magazine should be composed of. These are now published in Letters for Origin. Olson was Corman's first (and for a time, nearly sole) contributor. The first issue of Origin is nothing less than magical. It included (the first publication of?) Olson's opus Maximus - and having read Maximus twice, it appears to me to be an early draft (not the final). Origin was for sale for 3$ but this was optional. The first copies were printed by Divers (Creeley's press) in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Mallorca, Spain. The early editions are ALL letter </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">As I read through these issues, I do feel forced to recognize the absence of women. However, I refuse to act with dismissal or anger. My reaction is one (more) of distant curiosity. I have a complex relationship with feminism anyway - as I feel like it pretty systematically discounts disability. And poetry isn't television. The gender problem is much more complicated. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">I want to just look at what happened and figure out why. To say Black Mountain men just hated women is too much of a simplification to me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Origin was very, what shall we say, male-oriented. Of the many issues I looked though women included were Denise Levertov, Lorine Niedecker (most people know that Cid was fixated on her), Barabra Moroff, Carol Berge, Jane Robinett, and, interestingly, Daphne Marlett - a feminist Canadian poet. Corman did a number of issues dedicated to one poet- and he did an issue on her - also did issues on Francis Ponge, Lorine Neidecker, Frank Samperi, and others. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">O and one more woman! How could forget HORRAH PORNOFF. This is a 'real person' -named Clayton Eshleman. In an essay in Attack of the Difficult Poems, Charles Bernstein writes, "HP poems inspired by a negative reaction to a review by Marjorie Perloff that Eshleman felt had challenged him to create works, with a female persona, of 'horror and pornography.....for Eshleman, the persona allowed him to create poems "free to be AND not to be me...(poems that were) an expression of the extent to which the feminine aspects of my personality had fought over the years for their rightful place in my work.' After finishing the series of poems, Eshleman took out a post office box and sent poems out in Pornoff's name, with the poems soon appearing in Fag Rag, Momentum....4th series of Origin. (did Corman know?) Eshleman notes that he kept up a few correspondences for his made-up poet, even fending off people who wanted to date her."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Corman did publish largely men - but I do know that he was utterly fixated on LN's work and is partly responsible for bringing her work to the surface. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">I haven't yet read all of Olson's work - but I don't find Maximus overwhelmingly sexist. Olson, famously, did not want women in his class. However, in Michael Davidson's "Guys Like Us - Citing Masculinity in Cold War Poetry" he notes, "the recently published letters between Olson and Frances Boldereff suggest that the re was a third interlocutor in the production of "projective verse" who may have exerted as much influence on the manifesto as Creeley.... The letters between the two figures, written from the late 1940's to the 1960's, testify to an intense intellectual and sexual involvement, especially during the period of Olson's apprenticeship as a poet." (Olson "became" a poet relatively late after life as a Melville critic, postman, etc). Davidson argues, "Projective Verse" appears in an early draft among the letters, and it seems clear that Bolderoff contributed certain ideas about language as action to the essay. The absence of any reference to this powerful woman intellectual can, of cousre, be explained (as Sharon Thesen does in her editorial introduction to the letters) by Olson's common law marriage to Constance Olson during the 1950's. But this occlusion of Boldereff's influence is also informed by Olson's phallic theory of literary inheritance that can admit the authority off Williams, Pound, Creeley, Dahlberg, and others, but not of strong women."</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502279.post-25033816851025694162012-04-08T10:28:00.001-07:002012-04-08T19:09:12.519-07:00Happy (near) Birthday Charles!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/DOqXIq7t4Ig?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0