L-R: standing, Patsy Southgate, Bill Berkson, John Ashbery; seated, Frank O’Hara, Kenneth Koch. At Frank O’Hara’s loft, 1964. Photograph: Mario Schifano. See Jacket Magazine
The ever-festive BlazeVOX [books] cordially invites you to attend their 11th Annual Thanksgiving Day Menu Poem — “an online poetry project which you can enjoy at home with your computer and family! Hurray!” adds publisher Geoffrey Gatza.
This year BlazeVOX is honoring Bill Berkson.
Writes Gatza:
For two thousand and twelve we are celebrating with a twelve-course meal over twelve hours. This is a book length poetry project matched with haute cuisine, including a full biography of Bill Berkson with poems, links to more poems, reviews and interviews. Hurray, what more could you want!
The whole project is live now, so be sure to come and have a feast. Please feel free to invite your family, friends, and colleagues.
Online Event Info:
Date: Today, Thanksgiving Day, Right Now
Time: All day and will be up for the rest of the year
Be sure to read our Thanksgiving Menu Poems Past:
Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop 2011
David Shapiro 2010
C. D. Wright 2009
Anne Waldman 2008
Ron Silliman 2007
John Ashbery 2006
Robert Creeley 2005
Kent Johnson 2004
Forrest Gander 2003
Charles Bernstein 2002
Can Geoffrey Gatza Really Cook? Find out here