She served as a chancellor of the academy of american poets from 20062012. Streaming video, audio only 54 minutes individual poems. A dream still clinging like light to the dark roundingthe gap left by things which have already happenedleaving nothing in their place may have. March 30, 2011 part of the poem present series at the university of chicago. Hejinians familiar taste for dry abstraction finds a useful foil in dreams tendency toward images and sleeps resistance to linear thought. Lyn hejinian teaches at the university of california, berkeley.
Her recent books are the book of a thousand eyes and the wide road, written in collaboration with carla harryman. My life and my life in the nineties lyn hejinian haftad. Lyn hejinians poetics of the middle carla billitteri. Jul, 2019 lyn hejinian teaches at the university of california, berkeley. The book of a thousand eyes a dream, still clinging like light to the dark, rounding by lyn hejinian. The book of a thousand eyes a dream, still clinging like. Written over the course of two decades, the book of a thousand eyes was begun as an homage to scheherazade, the heroine of the arabian nights who, through her nightly taletelling, saved her culture. She is the author of many poetry collections, including my life and my life in the nineties. But if the collection lacks or glosses over the nightmarish or ecstatic, its a conscious choice on hejinians part. Guide, grammar, watch, and the thirty nights, folio western australia, 1996. Lyn hejinian presents a reading from her book of a thousand eyes, in conjunction with the inaugural reinventing the workshop event at harvard. Lyn hejinian reading from the book of a thousand eyes 8. Apr 01, 2012 lyn hejinian is a poet, essayist, teacher, and translator.
The discussion focused on several of hejinians most recent works including the book of a thousand eyes omnidawn, 2012, sagacircus omnidawn, 2008 and the grand piano. Lyn hejinians my life is one of the foundational texts of language poetry. This is what gives it the character of a compendium. Lyn hejinian is the author of a border comedy, and the book of a thousand eyes, among many other books. And the easy answerabundantly yesboth masks and unveils the bigger shape. Her compendium of night works titled the book of a thousand eyes will appear in the early spring of 2012 from omnidawn. Hejinian, a founding figure of the language movement, was. Hejinian s sallies are at once pragmatic, mysterious, and an utter delight to read.
Other volumes include the book of a thousand eyes omnidawn books, 2012 and the wide road, written in collaboration with carla harryman belladonna, 2010. From 1976 to 1984, hejinian was the editor of tuumba press and from 1981 to 1999 she was the coeditor with barrett watten of poetics journal. Lyn hejinian is a poet, essayist, teacher, and translator. Lyn hejinian the book of a thousand eyes omnidawn, 2012. Lyn hejinian born may 17, 1941 is an american poet, essayist, translator and publisher. Another translator of dragomoschenkos work, lyn hejinian, has recently put out a book that seems greatly based in dreamwork. Apr 16, 2012 the book of a thousand eyes never documents that magnetic terror, that finality of endless consequence that my dreams, at least, often carry. Hejinians sallies are at once pragmatic, mysterious, and an utter delight to read. Jun 18, 20 lyn hejinian the book of a thousand eyes omnidawn, 2012. An experiment in collective autobiography mode athis press, 2010. She is also the author of a book of essays, the language of inquiry 2000. Her most recent book, the book of a thousand eyes, is forthcoming in april 2012. Lyn hejinian is a poet, translator, editor, and teacher, currently serving as the john f. The book of a thousand eyes a dream, still clinging like light to the dark, rounding lyn hejinian 1941 a dream, still clinging like light to the dark, rounding the gap left by things which have already happened leaving nothing in their place, may have nothing to do but that.
Written over the course of two decades, the book of a thousand eyes was begun as an homage to scheherazade, the heroine of the arabian nights who, through her nightly taletelling, saved her culture and her own life by teaching a powerful and murderous. She is the author of of over twenty volumes of poetry and critical prose, including several poetry collections previously published by omnidawn. Born in the san francisco bay area in 1941, lyn hejinian has published over a dozen books of poetry in addition to essay collections and two translated volumes, including a grreat adventure, which she selfpublished in 1972, the language of inquiry, and the book of a thousand eyes. Lyn hejinian s my life is one of the foundational texts of language poetry. Poet, essayist, and translator, she is also the author and coauthor of several books of poetry, most recently tribunal omnidawn publishing, 2019. Jul 22, 2011 march 30, 2011 part of the poem present series at the university of chicago. Her academic work is addressed principally to modernist, postmodern, and contemporary poetry and poetics, with a particular interest in avantgarde movements and the social practices they entail. She has also worked in collaborativelyauthored projects, including sight with leslie scalapino, 1999 and the wide road with carla harryman, 2010. First published in 1980, and revised in 1987 and 2002, my.
Lyn hejinian lannan center for poetics and social practice. Lyn hejinian lyn hejinian teaches at the university of california, berkeley, where her academic work is addressed principally to modernist, postmodern, and contemporary poetry and poetics, with a particular interest in avantgarde movements and the social practices they entail. But the poemmemoir is far less interested in fleshing out hejinians life story than. Listen to the full poetry reading and interview 9 july, 2014 at the wsu poetry and poetics digital. Her most recent published book of poetry is saga circus 2008. Nothing can quite prepare readers for the book of a thousand eyes, just out from omnidawn. My life and my life in the nineties by lyn hejinian. Streaming video, audio recording see the kelly writers house calendar entry for more about this event. Her poetic autobiography, my life, has gained an almost legendary reputation, and is taught in many university and college courses. To see the first part, a lecture by lyn hejinian, go to.
In carla harryman and lyn hejinians picaresque novella, friendship. Her poetry is characterized by an unusual lyricism and descriptive engagement with the everyday. Lyn hejinian was born in the san francisco bay area in 1941. Writing in the expanded field 19821998, and the related poetics journal digital archive, both coedited by hejinian and barrett watten, have. Wpr recording session with lyn hejinian woodberry poetry. She is also the codirector with travis ortiz of atelos, a literary project commissioning and publishing crossgenre work by poets. The book of a thousand eyes lyn hejinian full stop. My life by lyn hejinian meet your next favorite book. Her most recent book is the unfollowing omnidawn books, 2016. Lyn hejinian is the author of the cell, the cold of poetry, writing is an aid.
She is the author of writing is an aid to memory 1978, my life 1980, 1987, 2002, happily 2000, and the fatalist 2003. The little book of a thousand eyes, smokeproof press boulder, c, 1996. The book of a thousand eyes by lyn hejinian, paperback. But the poemmemoir is far less interested in fleshing out hejinians life story than in experimenting with the ways in which self. Jean day a third of the way into the book of a thousand eyes comes the question, isnt sleep fitted to this world. Professor hejinian also works on modernist and postmodern literature. Belladonna will bring out her prose work, positions of the sun, in 2017. Other books include a border comedy granary books, 2001, slowly and the beginner both published by tuumba press, 2002, and the fatalist. The book of a thousand eyes i love says the acrobat by lyn. Poet, essayist, translator, and publisher lyn hejinian is a founding figure of the language poetry movement of the 1970s and an influential force in the world of experimental and avantgarde poetics. Mar, 2014 lyn hejinian presents a reading from her book of a thousand eyes, in conjunction with the inaugural reinventing the workshop event at harvard.
Books by arkadii dragomoschenko, barbara einzig, lyn. The 12th collection from poet, essayist, and translator hejinian the book of a thousand eyes offers a short russian novel modeled after pushkins eugene onegin. Hejinians last collection before this one, the book of a thousand eyes omnidawn, 2012, exhibited great formal range. At age twentyseven she returned to the bay area and began writing a hauntingly ungraspable mode of lyric in which a voice, disembodied but felt, unidentifiable and yet familiar, whispers to the reader of things that never converge to argument but that evaporate as. Atelos was nominated as one of the best independent literary. This is hejinians largest scale book yet it reflects the kind of intimacy and affective and affecting charm i associate with all her work. Lyn hejinian is one of todays most esteemed and widely read poets. She is the codirector with travis ortiz of atelos, a literary project commissioning and publishing cross. Writing in the expanded field 19821998, and the related poetics journal digital archive, both coedited by hejinian and barrett watten, have just been published by wesleyan university press.