resipiscentMar 23, 2024

#SFChronicle #SFGate #MercureyNews continue to disappoint with clickbait lede-burying advice-column shallow-hot-take op-ed journalism. I'm wondering how long it will take any Bay Area newspaper to notice the passing of Berkeley's famed poet #LynHejinian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/books/lyn-hejinian-dead.html

#Poetry #LanguagePoetry

Lyn Hejinian, 82, Dies; Leading Light of the Language Poetry Movement

A poet, publisher and professor, she channeled the revolutionary spirit and deconstructionist currents of the 1960s to challenge the conventions of poetry.

The New York Times