In this Book
- Gus Blaisdell Collected
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
From the moment he arrived in New Mexico in 1964, Gus Blaisdell (1935–2003) was a legendary presence. Famous in Albuquerque as a writer, teacher, publisher, editor, and especially as the proprietor of the Living Batch bookstore, Blaisdell was also a brilliant critic whose essays influenced readers throughout the country and across the Atlantic. This long-awaited collection of Blaisdell’s critical writings includes essays on literature, art, and film, along with moving tributes by some of the distinguished writers who numbered Blaisdell among their friends. Introductory essays by philosopher Stanley Cavell and literary critic David Morris join colleague Ira Jaffe’s poignant memoir to provide perspectives on the man by friends who knew him well. Glimpses of Blaisdell’s vivid personality can be had from the many photographs included, and the diligently researched chronology compiled by Nicole Blaisdell Ivey tracks the course of her father’s complicated life.
From the moment he arrived in New Mexico in 1964, Gus Blaisdell (1935–2003) was a legendary presence. Famous in Albuquerque as a writer, teacher, publisher, editor, and especially as the proprietor of the Living Batch bookstore, Blaisdell was also a brilliant critic whose essays influenced readers throughout the country and across the Atlantic. This long-awaited collection of Blaisdell’s critical writings includes essays on literature, art, and film, along with moving tributes by some of the distinguished writers who numbered Blaisdell among their friends. Introductory essays by philosopher Stanley Cavell and literary critic David Morris join colleague Ira Jaffe’s poignant memoir to provide perspectives on the man by friends who knew him well. Glimpses of Blaisdell’s vivid personality can be had from the many photographs included, and the diligently researched chronology compiled by Nicole Blaisdell Ivey tracks the course of her father’s complicated life.
Table of Contents
- Editor’s Preface
- p. xix
- ON PHOTOGRAPHS
- Bldgs: Photographs by Lewis Baltz
- pp. 44-55
- Still Moving
- pp. 124-131
- ON PAINTING
- Frank Stella’s The Whiteness of the Whale
- pp. 143-149
- Original Face: Allan Graham’s Moon 2
- pp. 161-171
- Poem: "Omoide No Tsukimi"
- pp. 172-174
- ON READING AND WRITING
- A Gloss Annexed
- pp. 177-184
- Poem: "Occasional Loquats"
- pp. 211-212
- For Robert Creeley on His 70th Birthday
- pp. 213-217
- Slipping Across
- pp. 225-230
- FICTION
- SHORTS AND EXCERPTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE
- Working Through It: Letters to Ross Feld
- pp. 316-323
- A Chronology
- pp. 339-379
- Bibliography
- pp. 380-382
Additional Information
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2012