Ken Jacobs

PoemTalk Episode #62, Discussing Charles Alexander's "Near or Random Acts", feat. Mark Nowak, Ken Jacobs, and Ron Silliman

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

Close Listening - readings and conversations at Art International Radio / ArtOnAir.Org

Clocktower Studio, New York, August 4, 2009

Program #1:

Charles,

It was 1954 when I returned from military servitude. No later than 57 when I began SSTD. Busting with fury at the big con job we tolerate. Somehow I scrambled the dates on your show, possibly because mention of the Fifties seemed altogether absurd. Anyway, thanks for the opportunity to say some of this. I wish I would've picked up more on the ideas you were introducing but when one is on a trajectory it can be hard to veer off. '61 I was already with Flo, on Easy Street. A mere 5 years later I'd even earn a living, modest ($3500 a year) but we ate.

—Ken

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WARNING: contains flicker like many of Jacobs's works; avoid if you have epilepsy or other unusual brain conditions. For screening copies contact Filmmakers Cooperative NY or EAI, NY

Music: JG Thirlwell

Suggestion: Please see Another Occupation before Seeking the Monkey King

Music: Rick Reed

Suggestion: Please see Another Occupation before Seeking the Monkey King

Ken Jacobs on PennSound Daily

• September 2, 2009: "Ken Jacobs: Close Listening, Reading and Conversation, 2009"

Related resource: Three essays by Ken Jacobs at Jacket 2 (2011)

PoemTalk Podcast #62, discussing Charles Alexander's "Near or Random Acts," February 5, 2013

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

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