POET
Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
BIOGRAPHY
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was born in Hailey, Idaho, grew up near Philadelphia, but lived much of his adult life overseas. In his early career he was the influential and a controversial leader of Imagism and Vorticism. He also championed young writers, including H.D., T.S. Eliot, and Robert Frost. Among his best-known works are “In a Station of the Metro,” “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley,” and The Cantos, a ranging, lifelong work that expounded his political and economic theories.
POEMS
= First appeared in Poetry magazine.
H. S. Mauberley (Life and Contacts) [Part I]
POETICS ESSAYS
Translations
AUDIO
Avant-Garde All the Time
Protest Poetry With a Beat
Hear Allen Ginsberg's hilarious "CIA Dope Calypso" and peak performances by Ezra Pound, Amiri Baraka and Abbie Hoffman.
Poem Talk
Troubled Sleep: A Discussion of Ezra Pound's "Cantico del Sole"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Charles Bernstein, Rachel Levitsky, & Joshua Schuster
ARTICLES ABOUT EZRA POUND
From the Archive: Ezra Pound
by The Editors
BOOKS
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
(New Directions)
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