I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it’s a social space we share with others.
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Jen Bervin
Tom Butter, O.B., 1982, 104 inches.
Tom Butter has been making fiberglass sculpture for several years. He handles the difficult toxic material with grace. The pieces are colored by the addition of powdered pigments or metallic powders to the resin. They are either delicately transparent or viscous and opaque.
Originally published in
Georgia Marsh, Paul Bowles, Michael McClard, Olivier Mosset & Fred Brathwaite, and Duncan Hannah. Cover by Mary Heilmann.
I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it’s a social space we share with others.
Jen Bervin