[New-Poetry] Bernadette Mayer

[Suzanne Burns]

I think of her as New York School and associate her strongly with Berrigan.

Where in Upstate NY?  I have family there.  Honestly I am not surprised:  if
you don't have to be in NYC to make a living, the city is a major cash
drain.  I love visiting, but I don't know how anyone who isn't a hedge fund
manager lives there anymore.

Suzanne



On 8/8/07, Skip Fox <skip at louisiana.edu> wrote:
>
>  I think she left NYC for good several years back and bought a house
> upstate with the proceeds of selling her papers to San Diego. She teaches
> classes at here house, I think, when she can get students.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:
> new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu] *On Behalf Of *Suzanne Burns
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:44 AM
> *To:* NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp,Views
> *Subject:* Re: [New-Poetry] Bernadette Mayer
>
>
>
> To the best of my knowledge, she has been teaching workshops at St Mark's,
> as well as writing and editing.
>
> I think I heard also that she was teaching a workshop out of her home in
> NYC.  But I haven't heard anything about her teaching at a university-- nor
> did I know that financial worries were an issue.  I hope I misunderstood the
> original post.
>
> It is true though that "deserving, recognized, and influential" does not
> necessarily lead to "rewarded".  That's just life I guess. :-(
>
>
> Suzanne
>
>
>
>  On 8/8/07, *Bob Grumman* <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:
>
> Many of us find a new one weekly. It's a great time to be alive as a
> writer. I don't mind the silence, but I would like to see Bernadette Mayer
> hired by a good university. (Of course, there is a down side for very
> deserving writers who have to endure financial worries for decades. Before
> them I am silent.)
>
>
>
> Not to go way off topic, but I have  thought the same thing about Mayer--
> i.e., why she isn't on the faculty of a really top notch University and
> paid very, very well.   She is after all not only an extraordinarily
> accomplished poet, she also has that rep for being a particularly gifted
> teacher.  *sigh*
>
> Suzanne Burns
>
>
> I thought she had clout as a first generation language poet.  That should
> get her into a lot of universities.  Did she offend someone in language
> poetry?
>
>
>
> --Bob
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"Start with your identity, which is a combination of your assets and what
your friends mean when they discuss 'the trouble with you,' polish that, and
you have style."

Quentin Crisp
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