John M. Bennett participated in the Encuentro Internacional de Poesia Experimental “Amanda Berenguer”, in Montevideo, Uruguay, August 28-31, 2008. He gave 2 presentations: “Poesia y Poesia Visual de John M. Bennett”, and “La Poesia Visual Internacional en la Coleccion Avant de la Universidad Estatal de Ohio, USA, Poesia Visual”. The four days of meetings, curated by the reknowed Uruguayan poet Clemente Padin, were attended by numerous writers, performers, and scholars from Uruguay, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. Bennett and his wife, C. Mehrl Bennett, were the only invitees from the US.
September 5th, 2008
Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection, the catalog compiled by John M. Bennett and designed by OSU’s University Publications, won an Award of Excellence in the University College Designers Association national competition. There were 1600 entries and 193 awards given. There is a link to a PDF version of the catalog on the RBMS main webpage and in an announcement below.
August 18th, 2008
In addition to noted poets Sam Hamill and Eleanor Wilner, Breyten Breythenbach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breyten_Breytenbach) will be in Columbus on October 29th and 30th for events to promote the Poets Against War movement. Please reserve these dates and additional information will be forthcoming.
July 25th, 2008
Sam Hamill, founder of Copper Canyon Press and principal founder of the international oraganization Poets Against War, will be in Columbus on October 29th and October 30th. There will be an event each evening: on October 29th there will be readings of central Ohio poets and on October 30th Sam Hamill and Eleanor Wilner will be the guest speakers.
More details will be forthcoming, but save the dates of October 29th and October 30th.
June 23rd, 2008
The Spring newsletter of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library is now available on our web site at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/newsletter/news08spr.pdf . Please take a look!
June 20th, 2008
The Rare Books & MSS Library has published a full-color illustrated catalog, VISUAL POETRY IN THE AVANT WRITING COLLECTION, Edited and Introduced by John M. Bennett, with additional introductions by Dr. Marvin Sackner, and Bob Grumman. 142 pages, profusely illustrated.
A PDF may be viewed at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/VisualPoetry.pdf
June 20th, 2008
John Bennett was interviewed about his reading preferences in OSU’s OnCampus:
http://oncampus.osu.edu/article.php?id=2107
May 19th, 2008
RBMS has received and loaded onto its website an archival version of Jim Leftwich’s blog, Textimagepoem, which is an extraordinary source for experimental and innovative poetry, visual poetry, mail art, and much more. See it at
http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/TextImagePoemArchive.php
May 8th, 2008
John Bennett has published 4 books, the first 2 of textual poetry, the second 2 of visual poetry: L ENTES, Puhos, Finland/W. Hartford, CT: Blue Lion Books, 2008 (579 pp.); IN THE BENNETT TREE, co-author Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Brooklyn, NY: E Ratio Editions, 2008 (with transductions and essays on Bennett by St. Thomasino); EET, W. Hartford, CT: SmallChapbookProject-2, 2008; and DUH HUD, LaFarge, WI: Xexoxial Editions, 2008.
May 8th, 2008
Frederic Tuten, critically acclaimed novelist, will be reading from his works at 7:00 p.m. in the alphabet rooms (second floor) at the OSU Faculty Club. Please join us for the reception at 6:30 with the reading to follow.
April 29th, 2008
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