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Gossamurmur and Outrider

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SONIA LINEBAUGH

Author of At the Feet of Mother Meera: The Lessons of Silence, and the (unpublished) novels The Wisdom Project, The American Year, and the Hardest Thing.

23 OCTOBER 2014 Gossamurmur and Outrider

10/23/14 REACTION TO GOSSAMURMUR & OUTRIDER BY SONIA LINEBAUGH. “I have always gone to poetry for the news of our consciousness.” Anne Waldman to Robin Edwards  about her book-length poem Gossamurmur.

Gossamurmur

Gossamurmur pits original Anne against her doppelganger imposter identity thief sci-fi ecology time travel.

“I get worked up over an idea …

follow dreams

take notes on travels…

research.”

Documentary Poetics methodology versions organizations revisions research changes late nights.

“I have always gone to poetry for the news of our consciousness, and for generative energy.”

Associations Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Buddhist inspired university Naropa.

Born April 2, 1945. 40 books, author, editor, performer. Goal keep the world safe for poetry a joke but not a joke.

Urgent goal save 40 years of summer events John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Diane diPrima against “the repression of historical memory.”

Performing. “I love the book as vibrational object. I like to get up and activate the text energetically with my voice.”

Poet as medium preserver guardian reclaimer of power and wisdom.

“I have always gone to poetry for the news of our consciousness, and for generative energy and delight.”

Anne Waldman Dharma Poetry

“When I breathe, I breathe.

When I type at my computer, I type at my computer…

Anne Waldman on one foot, hand raised.

Fast Speaking Woman

woman never under your thumb, says
skull that was a head, says
bloodshot eyes, says
I’m the Kali woman the killer woman
women with salt on her tongue

fire that cleans
fire that catches
fire burns hotter as I go

Anne Waldman. “Shocking in a beautiful way.” Rocking on her heels, fingers atremble, hips swaying. Half-sung, chortling, growling. Piano. Voice crawling playing warbling. Cello. Saxophone. Hiss. Chant gesture groan.

The mocking woman…

the white devil woman…

a soft fleshed woman

Anne Waldman. “Nobody asks you to be a poet. You have to self-empower.”

“I have always gone to poetry for the news of our consciousness, and for generative energy and delight.”

O U T R I D E R: A documentary film on poet Anne Waldman & the Outrider Lineage. An outrider rides through the chaos. A $17,010 goal met through online fund raising on Indiegogo. First thought, best thought by Anne Waldman. Sound recording. Edited by Randy Roark. Sounds true. c2004 ISBN 1591179188X. In the room of never grieve: new selected poems 1985-2003 by Anne Waldman. Coffee House Press ISBN 1566891450. No hassles; an unhinged book in parts by Anne Waldman. Poems, stories, heartaches, collaborations, comics & photographs. Kulchur Foundation 1971. Poetry in motion. Film by Ron Mann. Includes Ann Waldman, John Cage, Michael Ondaatje, Tom Waits, Allen Ginsberg, Diane DiPrima… Sphinx Productions c2002. Gossamurmur by Anne Waldman. Penguin Books 2013.

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Sonia Linebaugh

Sonia L. Linebaugh is a freelance writer and artist. Her book At the Feet of Mother Meera: The Lessons of Silence goes straight to the heart of the Westerner’s dilemma: How can we live fully as both spiritual and material beings? Sonia has written three novels and numerous  short stories. She’s a past president of Maryland Writers Association, and past editor of MWA’s Pen in Hand. Her recent artist’s book is “Where Did I Think I Was Going?,” a metaphorical journey in evocative images and text.

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