Robin Blaser (1925-2009), born in Denver, Colorado, one hundred years ago, on this very day.
We acknowledge the extraordinary work done on his behalf by his ex-student and subsequent friend, editor and literary executor, Miriam Nichols.
We draw your attention to the invaluable collection of materials assembled on his Pennsound page. (including Blaser filmed in conversation with Robert Hass (2008), the entire Charles Olson Lectures at SUNY, Buffalo (1987), the complete recordings of The Astonishment Tapes (Vancouver, 1974)), and much more.
His EPC Page is another essential resource
Paul E Nelson here presents (from 2006-2007) what turned out to be his final interview
Some further commentary:
Paul E Nelson – Notes on The Practice if Outside – Robin Blaser’s Divine Real (2013)
Charles Bernstein – Afterword to the revised edition of Holy Forest (2006)
Stan Persky on Robin Blaser (2003)
and more:
David Brazil on The Holy Forest
Rachel Blau du Plessis on The Astonishment Tapes