A new selection of Cid
Corman's Poetry to be published in April, 2008.
"Longhouse Publishers is about to
release an important new selection of poems by the prolific Cid
Corman, who passed away in 2004. The Next One Thousand
Years, Selected Poems of Cid Corman is
edited Ce Rosenow and Bob Arnold, have done a beautiful job of
gathering poems that represent the prolific Corman at his
best—and at his best, Corman produced powerful, sleek,
transparent poems that make us feel we're witnessing fresh
realizations as they come into being.
Since you won't find Corman listed on The Academy of American
Poets web site (where you will find a meaty listing for Billy
Collins and many others not nearly as accomplished as Corman),
the editors have kindly provided this thumbnail sketch:" *
"Cid Corman was one of the most prolific and influential poets,
editors, publishers, and translators of 20th century American
poetry. His published works number in the hundreds. As the
editor of Origin and the publisher of Origin Press, he was one
of the first to publish important poets such as Robert Creeley,
Denise Levertov, and Gary Snyder. His translations of poems from
languages including French, German, and Japanese have circulated
in many collections. The Next One Thousand Years gathers
together poems and translations from Corman's published works,
including those from many rare and out of print editions. It
also includes poems from the final two unpublished volumes of OF
and from another recently discovered unpublished manuscript."
So—what are you waiting for? Here are ordering details on the
new Corman collection:
The Next One Thousand Years, Selected
Poems of Cid Corman. Ce Rosenow and Bob Arnold, editors.
Longhouse Publishers: Guilford, Vermont 05301. 224 pages.
ISBN: 978-1-929048-08-3. $16.95 (plus s/h)
Longhouse Publishers, Bob and Susan Arnold, 1604
River Road, Guilford, Vermont 05301. 802-254-4242
order directly from Longhouse:
poetry@sover.net
*Joseph Hutchinson, Indian Hills, Colorado. from
The Perpetual Bird
