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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
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
We would like to call your attention to two upcoming lectures on campus:
- Erika Bourguigon, OSU emeritus professor of Anthropology, will speak at 4 PM on Tuesday, April 22 on “Ecstasy, Collective Joy, Possession and Exorcism, or the Uses and Abuses of Anthropology.” Hosted by the Center for Folklore Studies, the lecture will be held in 311 Denney Hall. For more information see the Center’s Special Events page. (The topic is directly related to her work done in Haiti. Photos taken by Paul Bourguigon while the Bourguignons were in Haiti in the 1940s were highlighted in our posting of February 27, 2008.)
- The Department of Anthroplogy will be offering the annual Paul H. and Erika Bourguignon Lecture in Art and Anthroplogy on Thursday, May 15, 6-7 PM, in room 002 of the Psychology Building. William Saturno, assistant professor of archaeology, Boston University, will present “Painted Walls, Sacred Stories: Art and Myth of the Early Maya Kings.”
April 17th, 2008
John Bennett had some visual poetry on display at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, Jan-Mar 2008, in the exhibit “Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book”. Also on display was Vispologee, the Minnesota Center For Book Arts’ “Winter Book” for 2007, which Bennett co-edited, and for which he wrote the introduction. For further details cf: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brblevents/brblexhibits.html
March 18th, 2008
The Paul-Henri Bourguignon Haiti Photo Collection webpage has been added to the Rare Books & MSS webpage. It includes a broad sampling of the extensive collection of photos taken by artist Paul-Henri Bourguignon and Erika Bourguignon, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at OSU. The photos, accompanied by commentary from Prof. Bourguignon, are an invaluable resource for the study of Haitian history, society, culture, economy, ecology, and other matters. Take a look at http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/bourguignon/index-bourguignon.html
February 27th, 2008
Frederic Tuten, noted novelist and teacher of creative writing, will be visiting Ohio State the first week of May (details to come later). Mr. Tuten’s literary archives are part of the Contemporary American Literary Manuscripts of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. As noted, details about the visit will be forthcoming. In the meantime, you can view Mr. Tuten’s career at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Tuten .
February 26th, 2008
Welcome to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library blog. We plan to highlight new acquisitions, publicize events and/or publications that draw upon our collections and share information about what we have and what we do. Please check back occasionally to see what’s new.
We have been adding new finding aids to our menu recently: http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/ You might find some interesting collections listed here that you never knew we had!
February 5th, 2008
