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The first and only single-volume collection of Larry Eigner's most significant poems, gathering in one place the most celebrated of the several thousand poems that constitute his remarkable life's work Larry Eigner began writing poetry at age eight and was first published at age nine. Revered by poets and artists across a broad spectrum of generations and schools, Eigner's remarkably moving poetry was created through enormous effort: because of severe physical disabilities, he produced his texts by typing with only one index finger and thumb on a 1940 Royal manual typewriter, creating a body of work that is unparalleled in its originality. Calligraphy Typewriters showcases the most celebrated of Eigner's several thousand poems, which are an important part of the Black Mountain/Projectivist movement that began in the 1950s and which remain a primary inspiration for many younger writers, including those in the Language movement that began in the 1970s. In its two sections—Swampscott and Berkeley, named for the two locales where Eigner lived and worked—the volume traces his fantastic perception of the ordinary and his zeal for language. Eigner's use of visual space, metaphor, and desc

Author

Larry Eigner; Curtis Faville; Robert B. Grenier; Charles Bernstein

Publisher

The University of Alabama Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817390549

Subjects

Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities