Burning Deck is an influential small press specializing in the publication of experimental poetry and prose. Burning Deck was founded by the writers Keith Waldrop and Rosmarie Waldrop in 1961. Keith Waldrop is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose and has translated the work of Claude Royet-Journoud, Anne-Marie Albiach, and Edmond Jabès Rosmarie Waldrop (born August 24, 1935) is a contemporary American poet, Translator and publisher
Although the Waldrops initially promoted Burning Deck magazine as a "quinterly", after only four issues the periodical was transformed into a series of pamphlets. The transformation continued later until the press became a publisher of books of poetry and short fiction. [1]
The magazine published poets from different styles and schools. The main split in poets of that time was said to be the one between the "academics" and the "beats", but Burning Deck ignored that split to the point where authors sometimes complained of being published in the company of others so different from themselves. [1]
By 1985, the economics of publishing had changed and it became "financially more feasible" to print regular books on offset presses and use letterpress work for smaller chapbooks, the Waldrops wrote in a history of the enterprise (Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop, Burning Deck: A History). They continued to design and print books that would last (using smyth-sewn, acid-free paper) but tried to keep the price affordable. [1]
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Notable Books
Although Burning Deck is a small, nonprofit press, it has published a great number of influential works of innovative writing, including (alphabetical by author):
- 99: The New Meaning, by Walter Abish
- A Geometry by Anne-Marie Albiach
- Why Write? by Paul Auster
- The Heat Bird, by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
- Utterances, by William Bronk
- The Grand Hotels (of Joseph Cornell), by Robert Coover
- Striking Resemblance by Tina Darragh
- Artificial Heart, by Peter Gizzi
- The Countess from Minneapolis, by Barbara Guest
- Innocence in extremis by John Hawkes
- My Life, by Lyn Hejinian
- A Test of Solitude by Emmanuel Hocquard
- Some Other Kind of Mission by Lisa Jarnot
- i. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage Walter Abish (born December 24 1931) is an American author of experimental novels and short stories Anne-Marie Albiach (born in 1937 is a contemporary French Poet and Translator. Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947, Newark New Jersey) is a Brooklyn -based author known for works blending Absurdism Mei-mei Berssenbrugge is a contemporary poet Winner of two American Book Awards her work is often associated with the Language School, the poetry of the New William Bronk ( 1918-02-17 - 1999-02-22) was an American poet. Joseph Cornell ( December 24, 1903 &ndash December 29, 1972) was an American artist and sculptor one of the pioneers and most celebrated Robert Lowell Coover (born February 4, 1932) is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. Tina Darragh (born 1950 is an American poet who was one of the original members of the Language group of poets Peter Gizzi was born in 1959 and grew up in Pittsfield Massachusetts is an award-winning American poet Barbara Guest née Barbara Ann Pinson ( 6 September, 1920 – 15 February, 2006) was an American poet and Critic most John Hawkes, born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes Jr ( August 17 1925 – May 15, 1998) was a postmodern Lyn Hejinian (born May 17, 1941) is a United States Poet, essayist translator and publisher Emmanuel Hocquard (born in 1940 in Cannes) is a French Poet who grew up in Tangier, Morocco. Lisa Jarnot is an American Poet. She was born in Buffalo New York in 1967 and attended SUNY-Buffalo and Brown University. e. by Claude Royet-Journoud
- Numen, by Cole Swensen
- The Windows Flew Open, by Marjorie Welish
- Turneresque, by Elizabeth Willis
Translation
Burning Deck publishes two series of translation: Serie d'ecriture presents a new book of contemporary French poetry each year; Dichten= presents an annual volume of contemporary German writing. Claude Royet-Journoud (born 1941 in Lyon France) is a contemporary French poet of the Avant-garde. Cole Swensen (b 1955 —) in Kentfield near San Francisco, Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of over ten poetry collections Marjorie Welish (born June 2, 1944) is an American poet, artist and art critic Elizabeth Willis ( b April 28, 1961, Bahrain) is an American poet and the author of several books of poetry including Meteoric Flowers
Notes
- ^ a b c [1]Web page titled "Forty Years of Burning Deck Press 1961 - 2001" at Brown University Library Web site in conjunction with an exhibit on the press, accessed January 28, 2007
External links
- The Burning Deck homepage
- 40 Year Anniversary Exhibit of Burning Deck materials at Brown University
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