Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursions T.S. Eliot resulting in one of the

resulting in one of the major works of late 20th century American avant-garde poetry

language) as if searching desperately for a way out

The Colour (La Couleur) was composed in 1973-4 for a catalogue of Bram van Velde lithographs

liquefies …”

Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursions T.S. Eliot resulting in one of theed. Ben Lerner A rich array of materials coalesce here into a vibrant portrait, in text and image, of two extraordinary artists and collaborators. For nearly sixty years, the Waldrops have influenced multiple generations of writers through their own poetry and fiction, translations, teaching, and their press, Burning Deck, which published some of the most influential authors of late twentieth century avant garde literature. This collection seeks to