David Buuck on Performance Poetics February 7, 2013: [caption id="attachment_60744" align="aligncenter" width="343"] First International Dada Fair, Berlin, 1920Courtesy of Hannah Hoch[/caption] We're accustomed to David Buuck's careful and critical writings on contemporary poetry, so now that's he's begun a series of posts for Jacket2 about contemporary poetry and performance, we're paying [...] by Harriet Staff

Jacket Archives: Bob Perelman Feature February 5, 2013: It's easy to be overwhelmed by the vast amount of content on Jacket2, but we visit the site daily and regularly return to the site's archives. Happily, the Jacket2 editors frequently highlight features or articles from the site's earlier days--like this feature on Bob Perelman's work edited by Kristen Gallagher which initially appeared in [...] by Harriet Staff

Patti Smith Sings William Blake January 24, 2013: We are thrilled about the recently discovered lost etchings of William Blake. Now, Jacket2 has reminded us that Patti Smith performed  "In My Blakean Year" on December 9, 2010, as part of the Blutt Singer-Songwriter Symposium at the Kelly Writer's House. According to their website, the annual symposium brings "eminent and lauded [...] by Harriet Staff

Erin Mouré on “The Tarzan Method” and Translation January 17, 2013: We've long been impressed with Canadian writer Erin Mouré. Not only does she write poems, she translates from multiple languages, including French, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish and probably several others. Her approach to translation is exuberant and playful. And now we know why: the "Tarzan Method of language learning." In a post for [...] by Harriet Staff

ROOF Magazine (1976-79) Reissued and Available for Download! January 17, 2013: "After several months of scanning, editing, cataloging," says reissuer extraordinaire Danny Snelson, "the complete set of ROOF magazine (ed. James Sherry, 1976-79) is now available for yr downloading pleasure on Jacket2." We got some fine reading ahead of us: John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Diane Wakoski, John Giorno, Ed Sanders, Anne Waldman, [...] by Harriet Staff

PennSound Posted Six New Leslie Scalapino Videos January 11, 2013: [caption id="attachment_59426" align="alignright" width="500"] Screen shot from a video by Cecilia Dougherty.[/caption] Well, this is terrific! Jacket2 has tipped us off that PennSound has posted six, count 'em, six new videos featuring three performances, a reading, and two memorials all surrounding the work of the late Leslie Scalapino. Head [...] by Harriet Staff

Ernst Herbeck’s “Golden ABCs” at Jacket2 January 7, 2013: If you reached the end of the recently published collection of Ernst Herbeck's poems, Everyone Has a Mouth (translated by Gary Sullivan and published by Ugly Duckling Presse), and, like us, wanted more More MORE! then surf over to Jacket2 to check out his “Golden ABCs.” We'll let you read the poem yourself, but will lead into the jump [...] by Harriet Staff

Marie Buck’s Amazing Weapons Reviewed by Brandon Brown January 4, 2013: [caption id="attachment_59158" align="alignright" width="500"] Marie Buck’s Amazing Weapons[/caption] Brandon Brown has reviewed Marie Buck's new chapbook, Amazing Weapons, at Jacket2. We never tire of chapbooks. Besides hearing someone read in person, a chapbook is our favorite way to encounter new work. Scary Topiary Press, edited by [...] by Harriet Staff

Olson, Wieners, Lansing, Eigner, and Corman at Jacket2 December 28, 2012: Jacket2 sent up this little holiday treat, "Mass: raw poetry from the commonwealth of Massachusetts," and we'd be remiss not to point to it here. Edited by Jim Dunn and Kevin Gallagher, this portfolio showcases five poets whose work has been firmly embedded in the poetic history of the state: Charels Olson, John Wieners, Gerrit Lansing, Larry [...] by Harriet Staff