A seminal figure in post-World War II literature, Charles Olson has helped define the postmodern sensibility. This work selects some 70 poems, presenting a personal reading of Olson's decisive and inimitable work - 'unequivocal instances of his genius' - over the many years of their friendship.
Charles Olson, the poet who coined the word postmodern and helped shape the generation that would emerge under its mantle, is known for the immense range of his intellectual and poetic reach. In this selection of some 70 poems, Robert Creeley has sought to present a personal, essential reading of Charles Olson's decisive and inimitable work.
