I'm still trying to narrow down the folks who I know will be brilliant; a couple more have occurred to me: Ben Goldberg (clarinet) and Derren Johnston (trumpet). We have an embarrassment of riches here in the bay area. I'll decide soon enough.
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A few thoughts, mostly historical, about the use of “I” and its more refined collaborator, the editorial “we,” in U.S. poetry. I think it would be helpful for an Italian reader to start with a look at Whitman and what is presented as the “vatic” tradition in our literature.
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Alcune considerazioni, perlopiù di natura storica, sull’uso, nella poesia statunitense, dell’“io” e il suo più raffinato collaboratore, il “noi” autoriale, didattico o di commento. Credo sia utile al lettore italiano cominciare da Walt Whitman e da quella che si presenta spesso come la tradizione “profetica” nella nostra letteratura.
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