All very interesting. Thanks for sharing! You my have more insights into No More Masks than I would have after reading the Ostriker book! I've turned No More Masks loose in the wilds of Alabama but I don't recall Alice Notley being in it. No to Shirley Kaufman, who I don't think I've heard of before so thanks for the introduction. I think Josephine Miles was in it but I'm not 100% sure. I'm pretty sure Denise Levertov was also in No More Masks.; in fact, I think I'll be reading one of her poems from it. I don't think HD was included. I can't remember if Marianne Moore was in there, though it would make sense if she was. I think Gluck was in it. I'm pretty sure Gwendolyn Brooks was in it. I would say it was more subject matter radical than form radical. I think Diane DiPrima was in it and would have represented the most radical of the later poets in it but I think it also had Gertrude Stein and it's really hard to get more radical than Stein. However, I confess that all of these names become a familiar jumble to me and I don't know if I'm remembering what's in No More Masks or simply that I've seen them on one of the other anthologies I've read over the last year. I'm curious, did you see the older version or the newer version? As you say, it would be interesting to see the extent to which the newer version gave a nod to the more radical voices in the later part of the 20th Century. I may yet pick that one up myself to see what they did with it. Additional synchronicity: I appreciated your reminder that BOA Editions exists and I went to their website thinking to get on an email list if they have one for their poetry releases. On the first page of their poetry listings: Little Mr. Prose Poem, a selection of Russell Edson's poems!
The edition of No More Masks I have seen around before has always been the one you discuss in this video, so I have no idea what the later edition looks like. Unless they kept the book design identical. I have never actually leafed through a copy. I just know that it is something I would like to work through eventually. But there's so much good stuff out there. So much interesting writing. And I am absolutely delighted to remind anyone of Boa Editions! Easily oner of my favorite poetry presses. I think you would really like a lot of Little Mr. Prose Poem.
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All very interesting. Thanks for sharing! You my have more insights into No More Masks than I would have after reading the Ostriker book!
I've turned No More Masks loose in the wilds of Alabama but I don't recall Alice Notley being in it. No to Shirley Kaufman, who I don't think I've heard of before so thanks for the introduction. I think Josephine Miles was in it but I'm not 100% sure. I'm pretty sure Denise Levertov was also in No More Masks.; in fact, I think I'll be reading one of her poems from it. I don't think HD was included. I can't remember if Marianne Moore was in there, though it would make sense if she was. I think Gluck was in it. I'm pretty sure Gwendolyn Brooks was in it. I would say it was more subject matter radical than form radical. I think Diane DiPrima was in it and would have represented the most radical of the later poets in it but I think it also had Gertrude Stein and it's really hard to get more radical than Stein. However, I confess that all of these names become a familiar jumble to me and I don't know if I'm remembering what's in No More Masks or simply that I've seen them on one of the other anthologies I've read over the last year.
I'm curious, did you see the older version or the newer version? As you say, it would be interesting to see the extent to which the newer version gave a nod to the more radical voices in the later part of the 20th Century. I may yet pick that one up myself to see what they did with it.
Additional synchronicity: I appreciated your reminder that BOA Editions exists and I went to their website thinking to get on an email list if they have one for their poetry releases. On the first page of their poetry listings: Little Mr. Prose Poem, a selection of Russell Edson's poems!
The edition of No More Masks I have seen around before has always been the one you discuss in this video, so I have no idea what the later edition looks like. Unless they kept the book design identical. I have never actually leafed through a copy. I just know that it is something I would like to work through eventually. But there's so much good stuff out there. So much interesting writing.
And I am absolutely delighted to remind anyone of Boa Editions! Easily oner of my favorite poetry presses. I think you would really like a lot of Little Mr. Prose Poem.