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Clayton Eshleman

Author of Conductors of the Pit: Artaud, Holan, Cesaire, Vallejo, Csoori, Breton, Neruda, Radnoti, Rimbaud, Hierro, Bador, Juhasz, Szocs

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About the Author

Clayton Eshleman is an American poet, translator, and editor. He is a professor emeritus at Eastern Michigan University.

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Works by Clayton Eshleman

Conductors of the Pit: Artaud, Holan, Cesaire, Vallejo, Csoori, Breton, Neruda, Radnoti, Rimbaud, Hierro, Bador, Juhasz, Szocs (1988) 40 copies
Juniper Fuse: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the Construction of the Underworld (2003) 39 copies
The Name Encanyoned River: Selected Poems 1960-1985 (1985) 27 copies
Companion Spider: Essays (2002) 20 copies, 1 review
Hades in Manganese (1981) 19 copies
Hotel Cro-Magnon (1989) 19 copies
Under World Arrest (1994) 19 copies
Fracture (1983) 19 copies
A Sulfur anthology (2016) 16 copies
Coils (1973) 13 copies
A Caterpillar Anthology: A Selection of Poetry and Prose from Caterpillar Magazine (1971) 13 copies
From Scratch (1998) 12 copies
Grindstone of Rapport: A Clayton Eshleman Reader (Black Widow Press Modern Poetry) (2008) 12 copies
My Devotion: New Poems (2002) 12 copies
An Alchemist With One Eye On Fire (2006) 11 copies
The Gull Wall (1975) 10 copies
Antiphonal Swing: Selected Prose, 1962-1987 (1989) 10 copies
Indiana (1969) 8 copies
Archaic Design (2007) 8 copies
Anticline (Black Widow Press Modern Poetry) (2010) 8 copies
Altars (1971) 7 copies
What She Means (1978) 7 copies
SULFUR [NO. 22] (1988) 6 copies
Everwhat (2003) 6 copies
Caterpillar 7: April 1969 — Editor — 5 copies
Caterpillar: Number 14: January 1971 (Volume 4, Number 2) — Editor — 5 copies
Clayton Eshleman: Essential Poetry (1960-2015) (2015) 5 copies
Caterpillar 3/4 (1971) 5 copies
Caterpillar 15/16 (1971) 4 copies
Mexico and North (1971) 4 copies
The aranea constellation (1998) 4 copies
Caterpillar 8/9, October 1969 (1969) — Editor — 4 copies
Novices: A Study of Poetic Apprenticeship (1989) 4 copies
Reciprocal Distillations (2007) 4 copies, 1 review
Sulfur 21 Winter 1988: A Literary Tri Quarterly of The Whole Art (1988) 4 copies
Sulfur 7 (1983) 4 copies
Caterpillar 12: July 1970 — Editor — 3 copies
Caterpillar 19: Spring 1972 — Editor; Contributor — 3 copies
The Price of Experience (2013) 3 copies
Nights We Put Rock Together (1979) 3 copies
Lachrymae Mateo : 3 poems for Christmas 1966 / Clayton Eshleman. (1967) 3 copies
Sulfur II (1984) 3 copies
SULFUR [NO. 10] (1984) 3 copies
SULFUR [NO. 1] (1981) 3 copies
Erratics 3 copies
Realignment : poems & an essay (1974) 3 copies
Nora's Roar (1996) 3 copies
The Lich Gate (1980) 3 copies
The Gospel of Celine Arnauld (Tuumba #12) 3 copies
Caterpillar 6: January 1969 — Editor — 3 copies
The Name Encanyoned River. (1977) 2 copies
The Jointure (2012) 2 copies
SULFUR [NO. 9] (1984) 2 copies
CATERPILLAR: NO. 11: APRIL 1970 — Editor — 2 copies
Caterpillar 2 copies
SULFUR #36 — Editor — 2 copies
SULFUR [NO. 20] (1987) 2 copies
Sulfur 27: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Fall 1990 2 copies
An Anatomy Of The Night (2011) 2 copies
Sulfur 8: A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art (1983) 2 copies
Die Friedhöfe des Paradieses: Ausgewählte Gedichte. Edition Lyrik Kabinett bei Hanser (2011) 2 copies
Brother Stones (1968) 2 copies
Mecha de enebros (2015) 2 copies
Sulfur 6: The Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art. 2 copies
Sulfur 43: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art - Fall 1998 (1998) 2 copies
Sulfur 33 2 copies
SULFUR 15 (1986) 2 copies
CATERPILLAR: NO. 13 [OCTOBER 1970] — Editor — 2 copies
CATERPILLAR 20 — Editor — 2 copies
Caterpillar 10. — Editor — 2 copies
Sulfur 3 2 copies
Aux Morts 2 copies
Nested Dolls (2014) 2 copies
SULFUR #26 (1990) 2 copies
CATERPILLAR: NO. 5: OCTOBER 1968 2 copies
Sulfur 29 [Fall 1991] (1991) 2 copies
SULFUR [NO. 23] 2 copies
Juniper Fuse: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the Construction of the Underworld by Eshleman, Clayton (2003) Paperback 1 copy
Sulfur 45/46: The Final Issue. 1 copy
Hybrid Hierophanies (2016) 1 copy
A Shade of Paden 1 copy
Our Lady Of The Three-Pronged Devil 1 copy
Walks 1 copy
Penetralia: Poems (2017) 1 copy
A Cosmogonic Collage: Sections I, II, & V 1 copy
Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition 1 copy
Caterpillar 2 1 copy
Sulfur 19: A Literary Quarterly of the Whole Art, Spring 1987 1 copy
SULFUR 1 and Sulfur 2 - A Literary tri-quarterly of the Whole Art 1 copy
Sulfur 32: A Literary Bi-annual of the Whole Art, Spring 1993 1 copy
Sulfur 41: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Fall 1997 1 copy
Sulfur40: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Spring 1997 1 copy
Sulfur 39: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Fall 1996 1 copy
Sulfur 38: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Spring 1996 1 copy
Sulfur 37: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Fall 1995 1 copy
Sulfur 35, A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Fall 1994 1 copy
Sulfur 34: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Spring 1994 1 copy
Sulfur 28,: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Spring 1991 1 copy
SULFUR #24 1 copy
On Mules Sent From Chavin: A journal and poems (1965-66) (1977) 1 copy
Sulfur 16, A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art 1 copy
Sulfur 4 (1982) 1 copy
SULFUR [NO. 18] 1 copy
SULFUR NO. 13 1 copy
SULFUR [NO. 4] 1 copy
SULFUR 25 A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art 1 copy
Sulfur 37: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art 1 copy
The Last Judgment 1 copy
Caterpillar: A Gathering of the Tribes 1 copy
Sulfur 5: A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art 1 copy
SPARROW 2: The Sanjo Bridge (1972) 1 copy
SULFUR 31, A LTERARY BI-ANNUAL OF THE WHOLE ART, FALL 1992 1 copy
Sulfur 30 Spring 1992 : A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art 1 copy
SULFUR 17 A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art 1 copy
Sulfur 14: A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art 1 copy
SULFUR 12 A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art — Editor — 1 copy
Sulfur 11: The Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art. 1 copy
Caterpillar 17 - October, 1971 - Vol. V, # 1 - featuring Enslin's "Synthesis 5", Meyer's Iliad designs, Wakoski's "The Joyful Black Demon", and Irby's "Jed… — Editor — 1 copy
FOETUS GRAFFITI (1981) 1 copy
SPARROW 57: Core Meander 1 copy
A note on apprenticeship (Apprenticeship series) 1 copy
NEW AMERICAN WRITING 19 [2001]: Special section on Clark Coollidge; Clayton Eshleman on henry Darger 1 copy
Cogollo 1 copy
The Woman Who Saw Through Paradise (Tansy 2) 1 copy
Announcing a new literary quarterly, Caterpillar: A magazine of the leaf, a gathering of the tribes 1 copy
Visions of the Fathers of Lascaux (1983) 1 copy
SPARROW 18: Aux Morts (1974) — Author — 1 copy
Reagan at Bitberg 1 copy
Grotesca 1 copy
Sulfur: A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art, Number 8 1 copy
Pollen Aria (2019) 1 copy
What She Means 1 copy
Caterpillar 18: Winter 1972 — Editor — 1 copy
Caterpillar 1-20 Complete (1973) 1 copy
Yellow River Record [Poem about LSD trip] 1 copy
SULFUR #32 (1993) 1 copy
Sulfur Magazine No. 24 (Spring 1989) 1 copy
Sulfur: A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art 1 copy
Human wedding 1 copy
Sulfur 9 1 copy
The Chavin illumination 1 copy
Sulfur 1, A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art, 1981 1 copy
Sulfur 35, A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Fall 1994 1 copy
The Chavin Illuminations 1 copy
The House of Ibuki (1969) 1 copy
Bearings (1971) 1 copy
Core Meander (1977) 1 copy
Sulfur 44: A Literary Bi-Annual of the Whole Art, Spring 1999 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Complete Poetry (1978) — Translator, some editions — 340 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Poetry 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 192 copies, 1 review
The Best American Poetry 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 186 copies
Lyric and Dramatic Poetry, 1946-82 (1990) — Translator, some editions — 18 copies
The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present (2024) — Contributor — 17 copies
Artaud the Mômo (2020) — Translator, some editions — 15 copies
New Directions in Prose and Poetry 33 (2010) — Contributor — 3 copies
Temblor Contemporary Poets, Issue Number 2 (2026) — Contributor — 2 copies
Sarasota Review (2000) — Contributor — 1 copy
Stooge Thirteen, Spring 1975 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate
1935-06-01
Gender
male
Education
Indiana University
Occupations
poet
translator
editor
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Places of residence
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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2 reviews
chuckstebelton8 reviews
Reciprocal Distillations by Clayton Eshleman
Reciprocal Distillations is the second book of Eshleman’s own poetry to appear since he published his lifelong translation project of the great Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo. Each poem in Reciprocal Distillations is written in response to a visual artist, a practice that Eshleman has engaged frequently since his 1967 book Walks. Using a density of image that supplements the act of viewing, whether a Henry Darger panel (“No matter how many carnivores he releases, / the Vivian Girls are show more trillion in a field.”); or a classic Caravaggio, each poem produces an indelible image of the original. Eshleman’s language in response to the visual is an intense and sometimes playful distillation of experience. show less
Jul 13, 2008
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Nycticebus30 reviews
Companion Spider: Essays by Clayton Eshleman
In her foreword to this book of essays and critiques, Adrienne Rich refers to Eshleman's "prodigious empathetic capability." Having dipped into this volume but not read every word, I would certainly emphasize the term "prodigious." Eshleman as poet, as artist, as a being, is a wonder, a guide to the underworld, and perhaps an omen.
May 28, 2014 (Edited)

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