CLARK COOLIDGE
'Clark Coolidge' (February 26, 1939 – ) is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies--- often finds correspondence in his work[1]. Coolidge grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and has lived, among other places, in Manhattan, Cambridge (MA), San Francisco, Rome (Italy), and the Berkshire Hills . He currently lives in Petaluma, California.
1. Kit Robinson on Coolidge
★ ''Flag Flutter & U.S. Electric''. (New York: Lines Books, 1966).
★ (with Tom Veitch) ''To Obtain the Value of the Cake Measure From Zero: A Play in One Act''. (San Francisco: Pants Press, 1970).
★ ''Space''. (New York: Harper & Row, 1970).
★ ''The So: Poems 1966''. (New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1971).
★ ''Suite V''. (New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973).
★ ''The Maintains''. (San Francisco, CA: This Press, 1974).
★ ''Polaroid''. (New York: Adventures in Poetry / Bolinas, CA: Big Sky, 1975).
★ ''Quartz Hearts'' (San Francisco: This Press, 1978).
★ ''Own Face'' (Lenox, MA: Angel Hair Books, 1978. Reprinted Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1993).
★ ''Smithsonian Depositions & Subject to a Film''. (New York: Vehicle Editions, 1980).
★ ''A Geology''. (Needham, MA: Potes & Poets Press, 1981. Reprinted in 1988 and 1999).
★ ''Research''. (Berkeley, CA: Tuumba Press, 1982).
★ ''Mine: The One That Enters the Stories''. (Berkeley, CA: The Figures, 1982).
★ ''Solution Passage: Poems 1978-1981''. (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986).
★ ''The Crystal Text''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1986. Reprinted Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1995).
★ ''Melencholia''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1987).
★ ''At Egypt''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1988).
★ ''Sound as Thought: Poems 1982-1984''. (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1990).
★ (with Ron Padgett) ''Supernatural Overtones''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1990).
★ ''Odes of Roba''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1991).
★ ''The Book of During''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1991).
★ (with Philip Guston) ''Baffling Means: Writings/Drawings''. (Stockbridge, MA: O-blek Editions, 1991).
★ (with Michael Gizzi and John Yau) ''Lowell Connector: Lines & Shots from Kerouac's Town''. (West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1993).
★ (with Larry Fagin). On the Pumice of Morons. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1993.
★ ''The ROVA Improvisations''. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994.
★ ''Registers (People in All)''. Avenue B, 1994 ISBN 0939691108
★ ''For Kurt Cobain''. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1995.
★ ''The Names''. Brightlingsea, Essex: Active in Airtime, 1997.
★ ''Now It's Jazz: Writings on Kerouac & The Sounds''. Albuquerque, NM: Living Batch, 1999.
★ (with Keith Waldrop) ''Bomb''. New York: Granary Books, 2000.
★ ''Alien Tatters''. Berkeley, CA: Atelos, 2000.
★ ''On The Nameways, Volume 1''. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 2000.
★ ''On The Nameways, Volume 2''. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 2001.
★ ''On the Slates''. Oakland, CA: Tougher Disguises, 2002.
★ ''The Act of Providence''. Qua Press, forthcoming
★ ''Counting on Planet Zero''. Wendell, MA : Fewer & Further Press, 2007.
★ CLARK COOLIDGE'S VISUAL ARTS INTERTEXTS 1968-1976 transcription of a talk by Tom Orange
★ Clark Coolidge Homepage @ the Elecronic Poetry Center
★ ''From Notebooks (1976-1982)'' from ''Code of Signals'', edited by Michael Palmer (PDF file at Duration Press, pages 43-56)
★ Clark Coolidge Feature @ ''Jacket Magazine'' features poems, essays, interviews
★ Clark Coolidge on Jack Kerouac
★ Clark Coolidge as Literary Critic In this piece, Ron Silliman notes that Coolidge has produced "the finest critical writing I’ve ever read on Kerouac’s work".
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Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies--- often finds correspondence in his work[1]. Coolidge grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and has lived, among other places, in Manhattan, Cambridge (MA), San Francisco, Rome (Italy), and the Berkshire Hills . He currently lives in Petaluma, California.
| Contents |
| Sources |
| Selected publications |
| External links |
Sources
1. Kit Robinson on Coolidge
Selected publications
★ ''Flag Flutter & U.S. Electric''. (New York: Lines Books, 1966).
★ (with Tom Veitch) ''To Obtain the Value of the Cake Measure From Zero: A Play in One Act''. (San Francisco: Pants Press, 1970).
★ ''Space''. (New York: Harper & Row, 1970).
★ ''The So: Poems 1966''. (New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1971).
★ ''Suite V''. (New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973).
★ ''The Maintains''. (San Francisco, CA: This Press, 1974).
★ ''Polaroid''. (New York: Adventures in Poetry / Bolinas, CA: Big Sky, 1975).
★ ''Quartz Hearts'' (San Francisco: This Press, 1978).
★ ''Own Face'' (Lenox, MA: Angel Hair Books, 1978. Reprinted Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1993).
★ ''Smithsonian Depositions & Subject to a Film''. (New York: Vehicle Editions, 1980).
★ ''A Geology''. (Needham, MA: Potes & Poets Press, 1981. Reprinted in 1988 and 1999).
★ ''Research''. (Berkeley, CA: Tuumba Press, 1982).
★ ''Mine: The One That Enters the Stories''. (Berkeley, CA: The Figures, 1982).
★ ''Solution Passage: Poems 1978-1981''. (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986).
★ ''The Crystal Text''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1986. Reprinted Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1995).
★ ''Melencholia''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1987).
★ ''At Egypt''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1988).
★ ''Sound as Thought: Poems 1982-1984''. (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1990).
★ (with Ron Padgett) ''Supernatural Overtones''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1990).
★ ''Odes of Roba''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1991).
★ ''The Book of During''. (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1991).
★ (with Philip Guston) ''Baffling Means: Writings/Drawings''. (Stockbridge, MA: O-blek Editions, 1991).
★ (with Michael Gizzi and John Yau) ''Lowell Connector: Lines & Shots from Kerouac's Town''. (West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1993).
★ (with Larry Fagin). On the Pumice of Morons. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1993.
★ ''The ROVA Improvisations''. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994.
★ ''Registers (People in All)''. Avenue B, 1994 ISBN 0939691108
★ ''For Kurt Cobain''. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1995.
★ ''The Names''. Brightlingsea, Essex: Active in Airtime, 1997.
★ ''Now It's Jazz: Writings on Kerouac & The Sounds''. Albuquerque, NM: Living Batch, 1999.
★ (with Keith Waldrop) ''Bomb''. New York: Granary Books, 2000.
★ ''Alien Tatters''. Berkeley, CA: Atelos, 2000.
★ ''On The Nameways, Volume 1''. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 2000.
★ ''On The Nameways, Volume 2''. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 2001.
★ ''On the Slates''. Oakland, CA: Tougher Disguises, 2002.
★ ''The Act of Providence''. Qua Press, forthcoming
★ ''Counting on Planet Zero''. Wendell, MA : Fewer & Further Press, 2007.
External links
★ CLARK COOLIDGE'S VISUAL ARTS INTERTEXTS 1968-1976 transcription of a talk by Tom Orange
★ Clark Coolidge Homepage @ the Elecronic Poetry Center
★ ''From Notebooks (1976-1982)'' from ''Code of Signals'', edited by Michael Palmer (PDF file at Duration Press, pages 43-56)
★ Clark Coolidge Feature @ ''Jacket Magazine'' features poems, essays, interviews
★ Clark Coolidge on Jack Kerouac
★ Clark Coolidge as Literary Critic In this piece, Ron Silliman notes that Coolidge has produced "the finest critical writing I’ve ever read on Kerouac’s work".
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