Lisa Jarnot was born in Buffalo, New York in 1967. She attended the State University of New York at Buffalo and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Since the mid-1990s she has lived in New York City. She has edited two small magazines (No Trees, 1987-1990, and Troubled Surfer, 1991-1992) as well as The Poetry Project Newsletter and An Anthology of New (American) Poetry (Talisman House Publishers, 1997). She is the author of four full-length collections of poetry: Some Other Kind of Mission (Burning Deck Press, 1996), Ring of Fire (Zoland Books, 2001 and Salt Publishers, 2003), Black Dog Songs (Flood Editions, 2003) and Night Scenes (Flood Editions, 2008). Her biography of the San Francisco poet Robert Duncan is forthcoming from University of California Press and she recently completed a novel called Promise X. She teaches at Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and at Brooklyn College, and has given lectures and readings throughout the United States and Europe.
Upcoming Readings, Lectures, and Classes:
Poetry Reading at NYU Grey Gallery, Thursday May 8, 2008. 6:30 pm.
Poetry Reading at Amherst Bookstore, Amherst, MA. May 13, 2008.
Summer Poetry Class at Wesleyan University, Graduate Liberal Studies Program. June 23-July 10, 2008.
An eight-week autumn poetry workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC: Reading/Writing: a look into poets who craft poems out of the heart of bookishness, from Robert Duncan to Jackson Mac Low to Harryette Mullen to Rosmarie Waldrop. This class begins on October 7th.
An Autumn Poetry Workshop in Sunnyside, Queens. 10 Weeks, $300. An intensive study of the writings of Bernadette Mayer with side-views of work by Hannah Weiner, Lee Ann Brown, Rosemary Mayer, Barbara Hammer, Linda Montano, Yvonne Rainer, Anne Waldman, Yoko Ono, Alice Notley, Harryette Mullen, Vito Acconci, Gertrude Stein, Catullus, and Sappho.
Readings and Lecture as part of "The Spirit of Black Mountain College" celebration taking place at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina September 25-27, 2008.
A Lecture titled Jess and His Literary Milieu. The University of Iowa Museum of Art. Iowa City, Iowa, Fall 2008, more information on this soon.
Upcoming and Ongoing Projects:
The Hundred Hats Project at One Hundred Hats Here: A Hecatombe of Knitted Hats for the Dead in Iraq. Please note that the 100 hats project has become the 1000 hat projects thanks to GWB and his war-mongering. If you'd like to volunteer to knit a hat for a family member of a soldier or civilian killed in Iraq, please contact me at ljarnot@gmail.com
The Ambassador from Venus: A Comprehensive Biography of Robert Duncan from University of California Press. Forthcoming from University of California Press, soon. Read all about it at Robert Duncan Website
Catskill Organics is Lisa Jarnot's company. Order organic soap and garden plants here.
Recent Publications:
An essay titled Jess's Literary Milieu as part of the catalogue for the Independent Curators International traveling exhibition: Jess: To and From the Printed Page
Poems in The DMQ Review.
A section of the Robert Duncan biography: "San Francisco's Burning: The San Francisco Poetry Wars" in avant-post: the avante-garde under "post-" conditions. Edited by Louis Armand, published Fall 2006. Order a copy at this link.
Another section of the Robert Duncan biography in Xantippe.
Bibliography:
The Fall of Orpheus, Shuffaloff Press, 1993.
Sea Lyrics, Situation Press, 1996.
Some Other Kind of Mission, Burning Deck Press, 1996.
Heliopolis, rem press, 1999.
The Eightfold Path, a+bend Press, 2000.
Ring of Fire, Zoland Books, 2001.
One's Own Language, The Institute of Further Studies, 2002.
Black Dog Songs, Flood Editions, 2003.
Reptile House, Bookthug, 2005.
Chansons du chien noir (Black Dog Songs Chapbook in French), Format Americain, 2005.
Iliad XXII: The Death of Hector Atticus/Finch Books, 2006, BookThug (Toronto), 2007.
Night Scenes, Flood Editions, 2008.
Lisa Jarnot’s books can be ordered through Small Press Distribution: SPD Further information about her work is also available at Flood Editions and Salt Web
Collaborations:
Lisa Jarnot, Anne Waldman, and Ed Bowes are collaborating on a new film, tentatively titled GRRHH: A Tribute to Michael McClure.
Five Poems set to music by Composer Leila Lustig. This work premiered at the Vancouver Sonic Boom Festival in March of 2007.
Lisa Jarnot's CD Poems from Ring of Fire and Black Dog Songs is available through Small Press Distribution. This CD includes poems by Jarnot and back up music by a funky now defunct little band from Queens called Earthdriver.
Lisa Jarnot starred in the movie The Time We Killed by Jennifer Todd Reeves. The film won awards at the Berlin Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. It has been shown in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Poland, and parts of South East Asia.
Jenn Reeves Web Site
Links:
Lisa's Blog
The Robert Duncan Site
The Poetry Project
Naropa
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