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“If you’re going to be a writer, you need to know everything.” – An interview with poet, art critic, and professor Bill Berkson on the occasion of the publication of his new book of poetry, ‘Expect Delays,’ (his 21st).
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‘Matted Grass’
Whiskey sour breath,
a vermillion trance
borne of carbon molecules and
plywood backbones.
Poets Bill Berskon and Ron Padgett have curated a lovely exhibition of the work of the artist George Schneeman now on view at Poets House in Battery Park. A friend to the curators, as well as many other notable New York City poets, “A Painter and His Poets: The Art of George Schneeman” showcases 40 years worth of Schneeman’s paintings, collages, prints, and books, made in collaboration with his poet friends, as well as a large number of his portraits of them.
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