| Robin Blaser |
Article Index for Robin |
Website Links For Robin |
Information AboutRobin Blaser |
|
PERSONAL BACKGROUND Born in Denver, Colorado , Blaser grew up in Idaho , and came to Berkeley, California in 1944 . There he met Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan , becoming a key figure in the so-called San Francisco Renaissance of the 1950 s and early 1960 s. He moved to Canada in 1966 ,joining the faculty of Simon Fraser University ; he currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus . In June of 1995 , for Blaser's 70th birthday, a conference was held in Vancouver, Canada to pay tribute to his contribution to Canadian Poetry . The conference, known as the "Recovery of the Public World" (a phrase borrowed from Hannah Arendt ), was attended by poets from around the world, including Canadian poets Michael Ondaatje , Steve McCaffery , Phyllis Webb , George Bowering , Fred Wah , and Daphne Marlatt . The 1993 publication ''The Holy Forest''' represents his collected poems to that date. Robin Blaser is also well known as the editor of The Collected Books Of Jack Spicer , which includes Blaser's essay ''"The Practice of Outside"''. PUBLISHED WORKS Poetry
Essays
EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|