The Blind See Only This World: Poems for John Wieners Book

Featuring entries by some of America's most prominent living poets and writers, including John Ashbery, Paul Auster, Amiri Baraka, Diane DiPrima, Susan Howe, Peter Gizzi, Anne Waldman, and John Yau, The Blind See Only This World is a tribute to American poet John Wieners. Wieners, associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and the Black Mountain School-he studied at Black Mountain College under Charles Olson during the 1950's-is also a definitive figure in the Boston/Cambridge literary world. He is renowned among contemporary poets for his maverick wit, his Romantic daring, and most of all for his ability to poke fun at himself. The Blind See Only This World accompanies the conferring of Pressed Wafer's first annual Lifetime Achievement Award on John Wieners this past spring, and testifies to the wide range of poets he has influenced and inspired.Read More