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the destroyed room
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 572
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So uh, I don't know if anyone into literature here gives a shit about this. What do y'all think of conceptual poetry? The guy who runs UbuWeb, Kenneth Goldsmith, is a fairly big player in this world and fashions himself the consummate plagiarist, "uncreative" writer.
Goldsmith's essay on Being Boring: http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/golds...th_boring.html his works: http://www.ubu.com/contemp/goldsmith/ Bollocks or not? This doesn't really scratch my poetic itch that often, but I can see where some of these "writers" are coming from. Christian Bok (who I dislike) defines it as this: Quote:
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invito al cielo
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 28,843
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Well, just like most things "conceptual", I'm really excited about talking about it and reading about it, but when it comes down to actually, y'know, exploring the actual product of the concepts, it usually doesn't thrill me half as much.
But I think Mr. Goldsmith is a talented man, and thank GOD for his beautiful site. |
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100%
Join Date: May 2009
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i enjoy it somewhat. flarf as well.
the method itself is nothing new, but seems relevant in the extent of it's contemporaneity. |
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invito al cielo
Join Date: Jan 2007
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If you're attempting conceptual poetry then I'd assume you're more concerned with pushing some unexplored or sparse territory than creating something with cathartic resonance.
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