This book is the 20th volume in the most popular annual poetry anthology in the united states. The work searches out and underlines duplicity wherever it is encountered, and challenges insincerity. Perhaps the excitement would come from the way the other person touched them lightly and carelessly with his tongue. The very separation between i and mea separation which is central to being a conscious subjectcreates loneliness, i think. What if i were turned on by seemingly innocent words such as scumble, pinky, or extrapolate. Scumble asks about the psychology of this phenomenon. Armantrout currently teaches at the university of california, san diego, where she is professor of poetry and poetics. What if i maneuvered conversation in the hope that others would pronounce these words. Collected prose also features true, armantrouts illuminating autobiography, which details her early years in san diego and berkeley. Nov 09, 2009 rae armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at ucsd. Grace from my first book, extremities, scumble from versed, and soft money from money shot.
Rae armantrout has 43 books on goodreads with 5201 ratings. Even be it built of boards planed by hand and joined without nails, yet may a barn burn rae armantrout uses the language of commerce and the language of conflict to talk about the mindbody relation in soft money and outages. She is the author of ten books of poetry and her latest book, versed, was nominated for a national book award this year. As someone who was introduced to you via the modern and contemporary american poets class at the university of pennsylvania, we give a lot of thought to your poem the way. Rae armantrout on writing, poems, language, and more. A rae armantrout poem is a space where no word is safe from speculation. In some sense we are talking to ourselves, maybe singing to ourselves. Click here to purchase this book at your local independent bookstore. Id like, if you could, read to us your poem scumble and maybe. The first section, versed, plays with vice and versa, the perversity of human consciousness. Better than starbucks the interview rae armantrout november 2018. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Rae armantrout a collection of poetry organized in two sections. Lets enjoy the poem scumble written by poet rae armantrout on rhymings. Rae armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at the university of california, san diego, and the author of ten books of poetry. Rae armantrout, one of the founding members of the west coast group of language poets, stands apart from other language poets in her lyrical voice and her commitment to the interior and the domestic. Ucsd professor rae armantrouts latest book of poetry has been nominated.
In fact, some of her poems, such as scumble, truly benefit from the aural medium. Armantrouts poems are included in many anthologies, including the arcadia project 2012 and postmodern american poetry 20. Written under a diagnosis of cancer i just called to fill you in, versed is a major and moving addition to a lifes work in manyangled reflection. Scope and contents of collection papers of rae armantrout, american poet and teacher. Not that anything has changed radically in her style or content. Pulitzer poet revels in words, and life the san diego. If good coffee or just the concept of coffee, great books, sharp wit, and great authors excite you, we are for you.
Like her poetry, armantrouts prose is marked by concision, a refreshing absence of jargon, and a quizzical mind that never rests easy. For instance, rae armantrout writes, part of the pleasure of poetry has always been the rather strange pleasure of calling one thing by anothers name. Armantrouts album is more polished than myless, more composed. Rae armantrout is a professor of writing in the literature department at the university of california at san diego, and the author of eleven books of poetry, including money shot, versed, next life, and veil. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Dec 01, 2016 rae armantrout rae armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at the university of california, san diego, and the author of several books of poetry, most recently money shot 2011 and. The general package adheres more closely to the experience of reading her work. Jeremy noeltod, times literary supplement trying to read a book by rae armantrout in a single sitting is like trying to drink a bowl of diamonds. Winner of the pulitzer prize and national book critics circle award for her 2009 collection versed, armantrout is the poet for the twitterified 21 st century and conflation allows its listener to. Pulitzer prize winner in poetry, rae armantrout pbs. What if i were turned on by seemingly innocent words such as scumble pinky. Armantrouts 2010 pulitzer for versed moved her from avantgarde paragon to a much more widelyand no less deeplyadmired station. April, 2020 birthday, books, quotes, reading, writing rae armantrout on writing, poems, language, and more. Born in vallejo, california, armantrout earned her ba at the university of california, berkeleywhere she studied with denise levertovand she earned her ma at san francisco state university. Versed brings two of these sequences together, offering readers an expanded view of the arc of her writing. As she elucidates on scumble, the 15th poem on conflation.
Dont let the frighteningly intellectualsounding genre of language poetry scare you offarmantrouts poems are funny, surprising and precise. Rae armantrout interviewed by pbs, january 27, 2012. Rae armantrout was born in vallejo, california, in 1947, and was part of the first generation. On the latest poetry podcast, rae armantrout reads from susan wheelers poem the split, in which the speaker bids farewell to a group of deceased acquaintances. Our moderator for the evening will be jeanne heuving. Rae armantrout new and selected poetry from pulitzer prizewinning author rae armantrout. Armantrout is the author of 10 books of poetry and winner of numerous other awards. Rae armantrout is the winner of the pulitzer prize for poetry for her volume, versed. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Rae armantrout poems, quotations and biography on rae armantrout poet page. The poems in the first section, versed, play with vice and versa, the perversity of. She has published ten books of poetry and has also been featured in a number of major anthologies. Versed, two complete manuscripts containing 87 poems altogether, was the most visible signal of. Born in vallejo, california, armantrout earned her ba at the university.
Pennsound congratulates pulitzer prize winner rae armantrout march 12, 2010. Winner of the pulitzer prize and national book critics circle award for her 2009. Preoccupied with modes of communication and intentions, versed is the poetry of this and that. Born in vallejo, california, armantrout earned her ba at the university of california. Pennsound congratulates nbcc winner rae armantrout november. Three lines from donald revells poem homage to john frederick peto. Money shot by rae armantrout make literary productions, nfp. The barista the one who has scrawled ray on her cups for years gave the. The world largely exists in the interstices and rae armantrouts poetry. Scumble by rae armantrout what if i were turned on by seemingly innocent words such as scumble, pinky, or extrapolate. Rae armantrout was born in vallejo, california, in 1947, and was part of the first generation of language poets on the west coast.
Rae armantrouts just saying was published by wesleyan in 20. Winner of the pulitzer prize and national book critics circle award for her 2009 collection versed, armantrout is the poet for the twitterified 21 st century and conflation allows its listener to lapse and bathe in her voices nuanced measure. The poems in the first section, versed, play with vice and versa, the. Collected prose also features true, armantrout s illuminating autobiography, which details her early years in san diego and berkeley. Her new book comprises two sequencesversed and dark matterof loosely interlinked poems dealing with the prolific poets usual subjects the body. I primarily read fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and nonfi. Rae armantrout interview page one by suzanne robinson and anthony watkins aw. Publication rights publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Ucsd professor and poet rae armantrout nominated for national. Rae armantrout rae armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at the university of california, san diego, and the author of several books of poetry, most recently money shot 2011 and. Versed by rae armantrout 2010, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
The very separation between i and mea separation which is. The poems in the first section, versed, play with vice and versa, the perversity of human consciousness. Apr 01, 2007 like her poetry, armantrout s prose is marked by concision, a refreshing absence of jargon, and a quizzical mind that never rests easy. Her most recent collections include versed 2009, which won the 2010 pulitzer prize in poetry and a 2009 national book critics circle award, and was a finalist.
Scumble, in which the poet wonders if certain words could have the power to turn someone on. What if there were a hidden pleasure in calling one thing by anothers name. Apr 19, 2010 rae armantrout is the winner of the pulitzer prize for poetry for her volume, versed. Better than starbucks the interview rae armantrout. She is also a professor of writing and literature at the university of california, san diego, which is where she. Partly wesleyan 2016 and entanglements wesleyan 2017, as well as participate in a discussion around her new ep conflation 2017 released on vinyl by fonograf records. Like her predecessors, the tradition that she studied, and still studies to this day, enabled her to find her own voice as an artist. The best american poetry 2007, a volume in the best american poetry series, was edited by poet heather mchugh, guest editor, who made the final selections, and david lehman, the general editor for the series.
Im an avid reader, mlis candidate graduating april 2020, library enthusiast, medieval history fan, and nature lover. The world largely exists in the interstices and rae armantrouts poetry makes that clear. The work of rae armantrout is informed by the poetry she admired early in her life, when the conventions of poetry were being questioned, changed and recreated. Reviewing rae armantrouts work after her last book, versed 2009, won the pulitzer prize and the national book critics circle award is a decidedly different affair than it might have been, say, four or five years ago. Rae armantrout has always organized her collections of poetry as though they were works in themselves. Rae of books my adventures in books, life, and nature. One of the favorite subjects of pulitzer prizewinning poet rae armantrout professor emerita, ucsd is physicsfrom the big ideas of cosmology to the infinitesimally small wonders of the quantum world. Free to the public one of the favorite subjects of pulitzer prizewinning poet rae armantrout professor emerita, ucsd is physicsfrom the big ideas of cosmology to the infinitesimally small wonders of the quantum world.
None of this was exactly news to poets of the past century, but the language crowd was given to exaggerating the grip of those pieties it sought to subvert. You have become noticeably more prolific over the past fifteen years or so forgive the stats. Armantrout was born in vallejo, california but grew up in san diego. Rae armantrout born april 1947 is an american poet generally associated with the language poets. What if i were turned on by seemingly innocent words such as. The morning after winning the pulitzer prize for poetry, rae armantrout dropped into her local starbucks. She holds a bachelors degree from berkeley and a masters degree in creative writing from san francisco state university. Pulitzer poet revels in words, and life the san diego union. As she elucidates on scumble, the 15th poem on side a of conflation. Rae armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at ucsd. I greatly enjoy reading books, talking about books, and just being around books in general. Rae armantrouts recent collection of poems, versed, suspects much. Praise for money shot armantrout has the ability to magnify the merest of words into an essay. Born in vallejo, california, armantrout earned her ba at the university of california, berkeleywhere she studied with denise levertov and she earned her ma at san francisco state university.
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