{"product_id":"the-astonishment-tapes-talks-on-poetry-and-autobiography-with-robin-blaser-and-friends-paperback-softback-9780817358099","title":"The Astonishment Tapes; Talks on Poetry and Autobiography with Robin Blaser and Friends (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817358099","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Astonishment Tapes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTalks on Poetry and Autobiography with Robin Blaser and Friends\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Blaser (Author), Miriam Nichols (Edited by), Charles Bernstein (Series edited by), Hank Lazer (Series edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817358099\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 14 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Astonishment Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e is the edited transcript of revealing autobio­graphical audiotapes recorded by the groundbreaking poet Robin Blaser, a founding member of the Berkeley contingent of the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin Blaser moved from his native Idaho to attend the University of California, Berkeley, in 1944. While there, he developed as a poet, ex­plored his homosexuality, engaged in a lively arts community, and met fellow travellers and poets Robert Duncan and Jack Spicer. The three men became the founding members of the Berkeley core of what is now known as the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the company of a small group of friends and writers in 1974, Blaser was asked to narrate his personal story and to comment on the Berke­ley poetry scene. In twenty autobiographical audiotapes, Blaser talks about his childhood in Idaho, his time in Berkeley, and his participation in the making of a new kind of poetry. \u003cem\u003eThe Astonishment Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e is the ex­pertly edited transcript of these recordings by Miriam Nichols, Blaser’s editor and biographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Astonishment Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e Blaser comments extensively on the poetic principles that he, Duncan, and Spicer worked through, as well as the differences and dissonances between the three of them. Nichols has edited the transcripts only minimally, allowing readers to make their own interpretations of Blaser’s intentions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes gossipy, sometimes profound, Blaser offers his version on the inside story of one of the most significant moments in mid-twenti­eth century American poetry. \u003cem\u003eThe Astonishment Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e is of considerable value and interest, not only to readers of Blaser, Duncan, and Spicer, but also to scholars of the early postmodern and twentieth-century American poetry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574351327512,"sku":"9780817358099","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-astonishment-tapes-talks-on-poetry-and-autobiography-with-robin-blaser-and-friends-paperback-softback-9780817358099","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}