[New-Poetry] Bringing poet Anne Sexton to life through her poetry

[Chris Stroffolino]

Hi Laura---

I know Clawson was in her original rock band back in 69ish. When we  
did that big Anne Sexton tribute for the Poetry Society of America  
back in 2001 (when we recreated her rock band), Clawson was invited  
to speak...
Anyway, it's interesting that Sexton's rock band isn't that talked  
about. She actually did it before Ginsberg did....
It was very hard to track down some cassettes of this work (since it  
hasn't been officially released), but it was a fascinating document.  
If I ever meet Patti Smith for instance, I have to ask her if she was  
aware of it---because there are some similarities at times.....Chris

On Nov 10, 2006, at 8:09 PM, LauraHeidy at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/10/2006 10:59:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> cstroffo at earthlink.net writes:
> I wonder if she does the Anne Sexton rock band stuff at all...
>
> I dunno if she does....but the following sounds interesting in its  
> own right:
> ______________________________________
>
>
> Tapestry of Voices and the Forest Hills Educational Trust present
> CELEBRATING ANNE SEXTON
>
> with poets Lois Ames, Suzanne Berger, Robert J. Clawson and Victor  
> Howes
> Sunday, December 10 at 2 pm
> in Forsyth Chapel at historic Forest Hills Cemetery
> 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Boston MA
>
> If she were alive, Anne Sexton would turn 78 this year. Many of her  
> friends, students, and colleagues are still around, though, and
> still celebrating her as a poet and a force. This November 12, they’ll
> gather for a fifth annual tribute at Forsyth Chapel, reading her
> iconoclastic poetry and their own. The reading ends with a walk to  
> Sexton’s
> burial site on the surrounding grounds of Forest Hills Cemetery in  
> Jamaica
> Plain.
>
> People who love Sexton’s poetry - her rawness, her energy, her way  
> with
> words - would do well to attend the celebration. This is a chance  
> to meet
> Victor Howes, who knew Anne as a member of the New England Poetry  
> Club; Lois Ames, who edited Sexton’s "Life in Letters"; Robert J.  
> Clawson, who managed her band, "Anne Sexton and Her Kind"; and  
> Suzanne Berger, one
> of her students at B.U..
>
> Anne Sexton stirred up trouble with her poetry, and in her personal  
> life. She was wild, transgressive, and wildly intelligent, a break- 
> out from the suburban middle class. Her poetry still exudes  
> disturbance, excitement, electricity. Its aggressive honesty still
> influences poetry today.
>
> Admission: $5. Directions and details at www.foresthillstrust.org or
> 617.524.0128. PLENTY OF PARKING
>
>
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