Eileen myles, punk poet, on trump, capitalism, art, poetry. Eileen myles 1949 eileen myles is an american poet who has also worked in fiction, nonfiction, and theater. Introduction plot doesnt interest me that much, but time travel does, eileen myles laconically told nate lippens in the stranger after the first publication of her first novel, cool for you, in 2000. Eileen myles talks about writing and nationalism, and the importance of international events like the festival neue literatur. Having written a novel i dont have to protect myself from the disparaging term poetyet im more clearly a poet than ever. My book cool for you is absolutely an extension of my poetry practice, ive even come to refer to it and maybe the class of novels its a member of as the poets novel. Sep, 2016 eileen myles came to new york from boston in 1974 and soon began reading her poems publicly, taking workshops at st. It comes from myles new book, afterglow a dog memoir, an occasionally existential, always affecting ode to their late canine soul mate. Eileen myles is in the middle of a book tour for inferno a poets novel, published last fall by. Combine the current recognition with a 1992 presidential race myles ran as an openly female. Loudon wainwright iii and eileen myles visited the free library of philadelphia while on tour for their memoirs, and talked to laura kovacs backstage. Oct 11, 2017 it comes from myles new book, afterglow a dog memoir, an occasionally existential, always affecting ode to their late canine soul mate. Cultfavorite poet eileen myles is poised for their. Eileen myles is the author of more than twenty books of essays, fiction, and poetry, including chelsea girls, cool for you, and i must be living twice.
In 1977, eileen coedited the feminist anthology ladies museum, and in 1979 worked as an assistant to poet james schuyler. I just wondered if you could talk a little bit about what that book is. The new york poet has been writing since the mid70s but with new fans like lena dunham. Sep 11, 2017 eileen myles sits at a small cafe in the east village, near the apartment they have called home for 40 years. This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a.
Eileen myles having big audiences when youre on a book. A lot of space here is devoted to measuring her fame, which feels weird. In 2012, myles received a guggenheim fellowship to complete. In maybe 2005 i was in a used bookstore in williamsburg, randomly scanning the shelves for something interesting, and i saw a copy of eileen myless poetry collection school of fish. In 2016, myles received a creative capital grant and the clark prize for excellence in art writing. Eileen myles is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction, an andy warholcreative capital art writers grant, a lambda book award, a shelley prize from the poetry society of america, a slatewhiting second novel award, and an award from the foundation for contemporary arts. Dec 30, 2015 discover book depositorys huge selection of eileen myles books online. A sagittarius, their twenty books include evolution poems, afterglow a dog memoir, a 2017 reissue of cool for you, i must be living twicenew and selected poems, and chelsea girls. Sep 14, 2017 loudon wainwright iii and eileen myles visited the free library of philadelphia while on tour for their memoirs, and talked to laura kovacs backstage about books, music, and creating a cabinet of. Oct 30, 2018 eileen myles has just come back from the geraldine r. Eileen myles is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction, an andy warholcreative capital art writers grant, a lambda book award, a shelley prize from the poetry society of america, a slatewhiting second novel award, and an award from the foundation for. Myles, who now prefers to use genderneutral pronouns, explains that they know people.
The moment in the kitchen with her girlfriend is used to illustrate what a jerk the girlfriend is for framing the future of. Eileen myles born december 9, 1949 is an american poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. Myles had reached their last stop of a european tour which had taken them to switzerland and london. This was a few years after id first read her story collection chelsea girls, and in the interim i had read chelsea girls several more times. Jill soloway and eileen myles are a power couple soloway, the queer creator of transparent, and myles, the lesbian punk poet. The willful abdication of craft and throwing a book open for the night is the most democratic moment weve got. Dodge poetry festival in newark, new jersey, and is about to leave on a book tour. This earlier book is like a conversation on speed, exciting as it is addictive, the line breaks various sized columns that break your neck to break the line. You could say the book is about myless childhood, and that would be true, but it would also partially wrong. Eileen myles is the author of more than twenty books of essays, fiction, and. Eileen myles eileen myles is the author of nineteen books including i must be living twice. Eileen is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, an andy warholcreative capital arts writers grant, four lambda book awards, and the shelley prize from the psa. Eileen is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, an andy warholcreative capital arts writers grant, four lambda book awards, the shelley prize from the psa, and a poetry award from the foundation for contemporary arts.
But unlike the other readings on myles current tour. Myless new poems are transformations, and perhaps a culmination of the poets previous inquiries into love, gender, poetry, america, and its. Eileen myles has just come back from the geraldine r. Quotations by eileen myles, american poet, born december 9, 1949. Harvard book store welcomes celebrated poet and writer eileen myles for a. Race and family panel at first congregational united church of christ portland, or with nana kwame adjeibrenyah and luis alberto. They moved to new york city in 1974 to be a poet, and subsequently a novelist, art journalist, and writer of libretti. Discover book depositorys huge selection of eileen myles books online. Marks poetry project, where they studied with ted berrigan, alice notley, paul violi, and bill zavatsky. Novelist dennis cooper has described myles as one of the savviest and most restless intellects in contemporary literature. The music that made literary powerhouse eileen myles pitchfork.
But the complacency of status is what leads to things like patti smith writing a book all about how much she loves coffee, and to eileen myles book about a dog. This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant. Having big audiences when youre on a book tour is like valhalla if youre a person who used to sell girl scout cookies on the side. You really have to be a nativeborn american citizen to do this and at least 40 years old. I dont usually reread books, but i realized after the second time. Apr 15, 2016 by eileen myles april 15, 2016 for his bookshop and website one grand books, the editor aaron hicklin asked people to name the 10 books theyd take with them if they were marooned on a desert. Eileen myles is the author of more than twenty books, including afterglow a dog memoir, inferno a poets novel, chelsea girls, and cool for you. New programs, psas and clouds conference september 26, 2008. But myless poems set a bar for openness, frankness. Smithson yearned to kick free of that structure that. A fterglow is described on the jacket as a dog memoir, and by eileen myles as a weirdo, kafkatype book that is also a screwy memoir of queerness. Eileen myles came to new york from boston in 1974 to be a poet, subsequently a novelist, public talker and art journalist. Each copy of eileen myles latest book, afterglow, is covered in foam. I wanted to end by saying your new book afterglow is coming out this september and its about your dog rosie.
Live wire with luke burbank at alberta rose theatre portland or with abbi jacobson, peter sagal, and eileen myles november 10, 11. And what shed do with that tour was explain, essentially, female. New and selected poems 19752014, also features a prominent photograph of the author on its cover. At least that is the narrative that has been following the two. A portrait of the artist engulfed in flames by poetry. Eileen myles new book is all about her dog unfortunately. Eileen is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction, an andy warholcreative capital arts writers grant, four lambda book awards, and the shelley prize from the psa. It creeps over the corner of the front cover, each cell of air lined in light and shadow. Join facebook to connect with eileen myles and others you may know. Eileen myles was, and remains, one of the best poets of her generation. I just read at powells in portland to a huge audience. By eileen myles april 15, 2016 for his bookshop and website one grand books, the editor aaron hicklin asked people to name the 10 books theyd take with them if.
Eileen myles, the poet and loudmouthed lesbian, which means mainstream invisible, as she described herself to the new york times, is hardly invisible anymore when the character of cherry jones is based on you in a golden globewinning series transparent, invisibility tends to fall away. Once the campaign starts to heat up, out of the corner of your eye, watch and see what the other candidates are doing. The music that made literary powerhouse eileen myles. Eileen myless new and selected poems are titled i must be living twice, a phrase that any poet past the midpoint and looking back might utter, surprised to find a fund of work on the page as robust and spontaneous as any real life she lived. New video and audio offerings reading lorna and vicki at st. Eileen myles talks about having a retrospective moment eileen myles is on tour with the poetry collection i must be living twice and a reissue of her novel chelsea girls. Eileen myles came to new york from boston in 1974 and soon began reading her poems publicly, taking workshops at st. The life of poetry this entirely inappropriate document, this leftist manifesto, this modernist tract touting poetry as a theater of total human responsecame out during the. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. So the life of poetry is something even rarer than 1949, the year it was published. Eileen myles talks about having a retrospective moment. Myless many honors include a guggenheim fellowship, four lambda literary awards, the clark prize for excellence in arts writing, as well as grants from creative capital nonfiction and the foundation for contemporary arts poetry, and the. Feb 10, 2017 eileen myles, who was on a book tour in europe when donald trump was inaugurated as president of the united states, watched the events from afar and then attended the womens march in london the.
Early life and career eileen myles grew up and attended catholic schools in arlington, massachusetts and graduated from u. Because you want to give the reading that will sell the most books. Currently they teach at nyu and naropa university and live in marfa tx and new york. Eileen is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, an andy warholcreative capital. An interview with eileen myles the tangerine magazine. Oct 18, 2017 but the complacency of status is what leads to things like patti smith writing a book all about how much she loves coffee, and to eileen myles book about a dog. Eileen myles, who was on a book tour in europe when donald trump was inaugurated as president of the united states, watched the events from afar. This book stomped through my young mind when i first read it.
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