Charles Reznikoff was among Allen’s most valued poets.
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of this great under-appreciated voice.
The Allen Ginsberg Project has spotlit him and his work a number of occasions.
See, most recently, birthday postings – here, here, here, here and here
Allen on Reznikoff – here’s a thirteen-part series of Naropa lectures, from back in 1978 – here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here
&, from March 2013, “Revisiting Reznikoff” – here, here, and here…
and AG classroom notes from 1992, “Suggestions For Readings from Reznikoff by Allen Ginsberg according to hardness, objectivity and vividness” (page 19 from his Poetics Practicum)
One of the so-called “Objectivist” poets – Discover (or re-discover) the great quiet measured Charles Reznikoff
I am glad to see this recognition of poet Charles Reznikoff.