Bernadette Mayer

WHAT’S YOUR IDEA OF A GOOD TIME?

by Allison Power February 26, 2010 Poetry and Poetics
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In 1977, Bill Berkson and Bernadette Mayer began a kind of interview correspondence where with they exchanged questions and answers on a variety of topics.

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SONNETS by Bernadette Mayer

by Allison Power February 12, 2010 Poetry and Poetics
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I thought I’d share some Mayer sonnets, as Valentine’s day is almost upon us. Love nor the sonnet is standard in Mayer’s world, and she highlights the possibilities/ multiplicities of poetics and of love. After all, desire doesn’t always follow a neat and tidy pattern. SONNET So long honey, don’t ever come around again, I’m [...]

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