The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan
by Ted Berrigan
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This landmark collection brings Ted Berrigan's published and unpublished poetry together in a single authoritative volume for the first time. Edited by the poet Alice Notley, Berrigan's second wife, and their two sons, The Collected Poems demonstrates the remarkable range, power, and importance of Berrigan's work.Tags
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For many years, everyone told me to read Berrigan, that I'd love him. And I have now, several times. And guess what? I don't love him. Oh, I understand the appeal. It's just that I think there are many other poets in a similar vein who are simply better and more interesting. In a way, he kind of reminds me of another "hip," popular/populist poet and writer -- Brautigan. I do think Berrigan's better, but it's that whole "famous for being famous" thing, for me, as opposed to other New York School poets like Frank O'Hara and Anne Waldman, both of whom I enjoy and appreciate (and respect). Hell, I think his wife was better than he was? (Was he the American Ted Hughes?) I realize I'm probably in the minority and that's ok. I have friends in show more that NY scene, and I appreciate them, but as for me, I'll stick with Bukowski, Ferlinghetti and the West Coast literary scene... Basically, not recommended. Read Frank O'Hara instead. show less
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Ted Berrigan, Ted Berrigan, poetic and inspirational genius of the second generation of the New York School Poets, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in November 15, 1934. He was educated at La Salle Academy in Providence and, after sixteen months in Korea as a soldier, at the University of Tulsa (on the GI Bill). His most famous work was show more entitled "The Sonnets". During the 1960s he lived in New York's Lower East Side, writing city poems, publishing the exciting and unique "C" Magazine and "C" Press books, writing art criticism, and playing leader to a group of young poets and appreciators of poetry. Later, he was Writer In Residence, Lecturer, Teaching Fellow, etc., at such places as The Writers Workshop (University of Iowa), the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Yale, State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Essex (England), Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago), and the Naropa Institute. In the mid-1970s he returned to the Lower East Side, teaching at Stevens Institute of Technology and the City College of New York, giving poetry readings everywhere, and influencing a new generation of poets. His many books include the major sequence "The Sonnets", a central collection "So Going Around Cities", several collaborative books with other poets, long poems, a novel, and interviews. In a curriculum vitae from 1982, he described himself as "modestly venerable, large, traditional in appearance. Resemble Apollinaire (w/beard) or bear disguised as GBS? Formidable, affable, durable?" He died on July 4, 1983. show less
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