Edward Dorn (1929–1999)
Author of Gunslinger
About the Author
Image credit: E P C electronic poetry center
Works by Edward Dorn
Our word: guerrilla poems from Latin America Palabra de guerrillero poesia guerrillera de Latinoamerica; (1968) 15 copies
Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, Series III (Lost and Found, the CUNY Poetics Document Initiative) (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Rites Of Passage 2 copies
Seven Love Songs 1 copy
The Cycle 1 copy
From Gloucester Out 1 copy
Ai margini 1 copy
Chicago Review: Summer 2004 1 copy
Associated Works
A Controversy of Poets: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, (1965) — Contributor — 83 copies
The Serpent and the Fire: Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present (2024) — Contributor — 15 copies
Epitaphs for Lorine — Contributor — 6 copies
Poetry Magazine Vol. 109 No. 6, March 1967 — Contributor — 2 copies
Niagara Frontier Review, Spring 1966 — Contributor — 1 copy
Niagara Frontier Review, Spring-Summer 1965 — Contributor — 1 copy
New World Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2/3 — Contributor — 1 copy
Vort #1, Fall 1972 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Dorn, Edward Merton
- Birthdate
- 1929-04-02
- Date of death
- 1999-12-10
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Illinois
Black Mountain College - Occupations
- poet
teacher - Organizations
- Black Mountain Poets
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Villa Grove, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Villa Grove, Illinois, USA (birth)
San Francisco, California, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA (death) - Place of death
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Most people would say that the epic poem is a dead art, pointing (perhaps) to Ezra Pound's Cantos as the last, feeble breath of the form. Edward Dorn's Gunslinger puts the lie to that. It's a powerful, humorous book. Wordplay and a strange, galloping rhythm make it a joy to read in a way that a lot of modern poetry isn't. It was written in the 1970s and shows it, but it's anything but dated. Highly recommended.
I can't believe I had never read Cesar Vallejo before this. I feel humbled by my own ignorance. There are many other fantastic and surprising pieces in this collection - I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of the illustrated work by Patricia Galvao - but Vallejo is what really kicked my ass. Hats off to the translators for making his words so vivid and clear.
I always did love Dorn. I think this is one of his better works. Recommended.
It's an epic poem.
It's an American epic poem.
Not only is it great, it is needed.
It's an American epic poem.
Not only is it great, it is needed.
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