Comments on: Wrong is Right

By: Kenneth Goldsmith

Kenneth Goldsmith — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:28:42 +0000

I was just wondering if there were any American poets connected to the contemporary art world to the extent that O’Hara was. Sounds like you were.
When I was in the art world, I wasn’t a poet: I was a visual artist. But, there have been many poets over the years who have been deep in the art world and they’re mostly critics. Seems like every art critic is a poet: Peter Schjeldahl, Jon Yau, Raphael Rubinstein, to name a few working today.
And, yeah, the Ginsberg film is incredibly moving, really painful. Mekas is just a genius, no?

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:35:11 +0000

Dear Kenny,
I’m glad you talked about your artistic awakening in high school and also about your journey to poetry via the art world. It’s funny: I was just wondering if there were any American poets connected to the contemporary art world to the extent that O’Hara was. Sounds like you were.
By the way, the Richard Foreman video on your site is hilarious and deranged, both familiar and disorienting. I really enjoyed it. (I must confess: what I saw of the Ginsberg film you posted freaked me out a little. I felt like I was watching a snuff film, or something way too private. Maybe I’m getting prudish in my old age.) Anyway your ubu site is amazing.
best wishes, Jeffrey

By: eleanor

eleanor — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:08:26 +0000

other wrongs you might want to check out, if you havent,
SCUM manifesto by Valerie Solanas
Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
Julie Ruin Kathleen Hanna track 9
all have T Monk’s wrongness., Like *when is this going to stop, and should it?*