tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116022210260858601.post4094460494377733181..comments2011-01-05T10:33:31.463-08:00Comments on BlazeVOX [blog]: New Release: Unusual Woods by Gene TantaBlazeVOX [blog]http://www.blogger.com/profile/17321316667166411405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116022210260858601.post-4156325002444307632011-01-05T10:33:31.463-08:002011-01-05T10:33:31.463-08:00Brooks Lampe interviews Gene Tanta: http://www.the...Brooks Lampe interviews Gene Tanta: http://www.thethepoetry.com/2010/12/aesthete-and-propagandist-an-interview-with-gene-tanta/ <br /><br />Brooks Lampe reviews the introduction to Unusual Woods: http://www.thethepoetry.com/2010/10/gene-tanta-aesthete-and-propagandist/<br /><br />Brooks Lampe reviews the poems in Unusual Woods: http://www.thethepoetry.com/2010/11/a-ghost-sonnet-in-gene-tantas-unusual-woods/Barney Fifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670895729418280207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116022210260858601.post-22107680491648241902010-10-22T08:43:30.830-07:002010-10-22T08:43:30.830-07:00Excerpt from the introduction to Unusual Woods:
A...Excerpt from the introduction to Unusual Woods:<br /><br />As with Waldrop, Simic, and Dinh, doubt seems my method for seeking formal innovation as a poet, as a researcher, and as a teacher. Perhaps my doubting nature is cultural, linguistic, if not indeed an intuitive almost kneejerk response to Ceausescu’s oppressive dictatorship. … Cultural identity has multiple and simultaneous histories and motivating factors but this does NOT make it arbitrary. For instance, my particular experience matters, not more than anyone else’s, but as much.Barney Fifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670895729418280207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116022210260858601.post-36412778339858585282010-10-22T06:59:19.782-07:002010-10-22T06:59:19.782-07:00A poem from Unusual Woods:
(turn) in the fast dar...A poem from Unusual Woods:<br /><br />(turn) in the fast darkness of ancient forests,<br />shadows cross our dreaming faces (turn)<br />in the movies, an oak tree is always more there<br />after it’s gone (turn)<br />this way, a saw emphasizes one thing (turn)<br />formalwear, night fog rolling in<br />dressing the silver-blown accessories<br />(turn) in the morning, <br />when the rain goes to work,<br />the cemetery trees shade the cemetery dead<br />and spiders (turn) play the harps of corners<br />when the wind sighs, weathercocks turn <br />to look for a reason (turn)Barney Fifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670895729418280207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116022210260858601.post-83815744481822305222010-10-22T06:57:01.347-07:002010-10-22T06:57:01.347-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Barney Fifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670895729418280207noreply@blogger.com