Tag Archives: Ezra Pound

The Cosmopolitan Vernacular

Posted on February 6, 2014 by wcd2

February 6, 2014 Not an oxymoron, but a genetic condition, as Sheldon Pollock argues, a local tongue globalized in its emergence and globalized again in its circulation. Is that why so many African-American authors began with dialect poetry? Not only … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American literature, Creole, Dialect, Indian Ocean, Vernacular | Tagged Amitav Ghosh, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Edwidge Danticat, Ezra Pound, Jamaica Kincaid, Langston Hughes, Lascars, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Pisan Cantos, Sea of Poppies, Sheldon Pollock | 1 Comment

Collaboration with Chance

Posted on December 21, 2011 by wcd2

December 21 On our Facebook page, Edgar Garcia posted a link to Jackson Mac Low’s Words nd Ends from Ez. Ezra Pound, of course. The two poets used to be friends, but they were no longer close when Mac Low … Continue reading →

Posted in epic, Experimental poetry, Music, Nineteenth-century literature, print medium, Remediation, Rock music, Twentieth century literature | Tagged Add new tag, chance, Experimental poetry, Ezra Pound, Herman Melville, Jackson Mac Low, John Bonham, John Cage, Led Zeppelin, Moby-Dick, Music, randomization, Rock music | 9 Comments