BIG BRIDGE ISSUE 14, 2.0 NOW AVAILABLE

From Michael Rothenberg:

photo by Terri Carrion

ANNOUNCING BIG BRIDGE ISSUE 14, 2.0

TWO GREAT FEATURES

I. ROCKPILE on the road, www.bigbridge.org/rockpile

Blogs, photos, videos from David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg, Terri Carrion and friends documenting a two month on the road adventure of collaboration. Meet The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Burnett Thompson, Marty Ehrlich, Bob Malone, Joseph Cunliffe, Gregory Davis, Roger Lewis, Jarmal Watson, Julius McKee, Larry Sawyer, Jacob Eckert, Ellen Miller, Dave Black, Dan McNaughton and The Spider Trio, Michael Stephans, Lindsey Horner, Bill Zavatsky, Johnny Lee Schell, John B. Williams, Bill Zavatsky, Joe Sublett, David Henderson, Theo Saunders, John B. Williams, Debra Dobkin, The Thunderbird Poetry Orkestra, Wanda Phipps, Isabel Rivero, Dan Godston, Suzi Winson, The Gershwin Hotel, Murat Nemat-Nejat, Ammiel Alcalay, Jim Feast, Harris Schiff, Christa Hillhouse, Jason Braun, John Roche, Dan Godston, Ammiel Alcalay, Jim Christy, Robert Priest, The Rabbles, Marina Lazzara, J.Lee, Dave Mairs, Jamie Kimmel, Charlie Huisken, Sarah Browning, Carlo Parcelli, Brian Gilmore, Jay Jackson, Carl Atkins, Michael Kelleher, Jerry Hill, Mic Boshans, David A.N. Jackson, Jason Braun, Michael Castro, Shirley LeFlore, Marc Singer, K. Curtis Lyle, Alexander Balogh, Sean Arnold, Niagara Falls, Howard Schwartz, Philip Gounis, Dreamland Barbecue, Francesco Levato, Art Lange, Joe Wetteroth, Brian Pardo, Tim Keenan, Tom Hibbard, Geoffrey Gatza, Bill Lavender, Lewis Schmidt, George Kimball, Joan Delott, Avi Frishman, Kelly Bucheger, Randy Cauthen, Evan Christopher, John Werick, Doug Dreishpoon, Nicki Gonzalez, Richard Miller, Don West, Laura Mattingly, Dennis Fomento, Danny Kerwick, Renee Baker, Satya Gummuluri, Jimmy Bennington, Kenneth Rexroth, Thelonius Monk, Louis Armstrong and a cast of thousands.

II. BIG BRIDGE NEW ORLEANS ANTHOLOGY

STURM UND DRANG

http://www.bigbridge.org/BB14/NO1.HTM

Edited by Dave Brinks and Bill Lavender

OLD SCHOOL POETS AND POETRICS:

Ralph Adamo, Katya Apekina/David Weinberg, Bill Berkson, Edmund Berrigan, Joseph Bienvenu, Louis Braquet, Dave Brinks, Lee Ann Brown, Paul Chasse, Andrei Codrescu and Ruxandra Ceseranu, Richard Collins, Jack Collom and Maureen Owen, Thaddeus Conti, Jonathan Cott, Joel Dailey, Andy di Michele, Margot Douaihy, Johnette Downing, Brad Elliot, Lenny Emmanuel, Brett Evans, Vincent Farnsworth, Gina Ferrara, Karen Finnigan, Skip Fox, Jackqueline Frost, Elizabeth Garcia, John Gery, Kelly Gartman, Philip Good, Nancy Harris, Khaled Hegazzi, Anselm Hollo, R. Moose Jackson, Kevin Johnson, Phil Johnson, Jamey Jones, Pierre Joris, Rodger Kamenetz, Herbert Kearny, Daniel Kerwick, Jonathan Kline, Bill Lavender, Hank Lazer, Benjamin Lowenkron, Ben Luton, Jenna Mae, Laura Mattingly, Bernadette Mayer, Lee Meitzen Grue, Bill Myers, James Nolan, Biljana Obradovic, Amy Ouzzonian, Arthur Pfister, Valentine Pierce, Quess, Chuck Perkins, Jimmy Ross, Jerome Rothenberg, David Rowe, Eero Ruutitila, Edward Sanders, Frank Sherlock, Harris Schiff, Harris Schiff, Lewis Schmidt, Jean-Mark Sens, Christopher Shipman, John Sinclair, Hal Sirowitz, Jennifer Stewart, Stuart Strum, Chris Sullivan, Eric Sweet, Quo Vadis Gex-Breaux, Larbaud Valery Translations, Gordon Walmsley, Jerry W. Ward Jr., Kelcy Wilburn, Andy Young, and Bill Zavatsky

ARTIST’S WORKS:

Bill Berkson and Molly Springfield, Louis Braquet, Dave Brinks, Mina Brinks, Megan Burns and Dave Brinks, Jamie Chiarello, Thaddeus Conti, Michael Fedor, Daniel Finnigan, Alex Haverfield, Pat Kaschalk, Herbert Kearney, Jonathan Kline, Bill Lavender, with Terrance Sanders, Joseph Makkos, and Chandler Fritz, Joseph Makkos, John Sohr, Joshua Walsh, William Warren, Miriam Waterman, Kristen Wetterhahan, Romano Zamprioli

ESSAYS AND DISCOURSE:

Max Cafard: Deep Play in the City, Surre(gion)al Explorations and Lisa Suarez: Playing Chicken with Reality

FICTIONISTAS:

Katya Apekina, Summer Brenner; Jonathan Cott; Moira Crone, Marci Davis, Susan Kirby-Smith, Dave Parker, J. Patrick Travis

INTERVIEWS:

Dave Brinks with Peter Anderson, John Sinclair, Bill Zavatsky; Ogoanah with Niyi Osundare

BOOK REVIEWS:

William Allegrezza's Review of I of the Storm, by Bill Lavender; Reginald Martin's Review of The Katrina Papers, by Jerry W. Ward Jr.; Adam Peltz's Review of The Caveat Onus, by Dave Brinks; Megan Sanders: On What Cannot Be Written; Responses to Edward Sanders' Poems for New Orleans; Megan Sanders: The Messiness of Life; Skip Fox's For To (Blazevox, 2008)

AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!!

Long Live New Orleans!!!

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SPECIAL NOTICE:

Helping to sustain renewable, arboreal ecosystems while celebrating the written word

Mary Sands Woodbury, guest editor and webmaster of Big Bridge, editor of Jack Magazine and Beat Generation News, recently launched Moon Willow Press, a small, independent press with a green initiative. MWP also offers inexpensive editorial services for more than just books

Rockpile Tour Hits New Orleans October 23-25

New Orleans is the 3rd stop on the ROCKPILE tour!


Friday, October 23, 7-12pm: ROCKPILE Workshop and Poetry and Music Open Mic Jam Session

An open conversation with David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg, Terri Carrion, and Bill Lavender... “Poetry & Music & the Troubadour Tradition, Art, Activism, Collaboration & the Source of Creation.” followed by an open mic jam session of poetry and music. Refreshments

Bob’s Studio
3027 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA
Admission Free
Sun, October 25th ROCKPILE PERFORMANCE: New Orleans

David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg and Blodie with members of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band including Gregory Davis (trumpet), Roger Lewis (bari sax), Terence Higgins (drums), Julius McKee (sousaphone), Jacob Eckert (guitar)

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504) 827-5858 or (504) 352-1150
http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/
8pm-10pm

all events are by donation - $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $5 Zeitgeist members /Patrons & Children 15 and under free (unless otherwise indicated).


ROCKPILE is a collaboration between David Meltzer, legendary poet, musician, and essayist, and Michael Rothenberg, poet, songwriter and editor of Big Bridge Press. In the tradition of the troubadour and with the spirit of improvisation and collaboration, the poets will journey through eight U.S. cities and perform poetry, composed on the road, in a spontaneous fusion, with local musicians in each city.


Log on to www.bigbridge.org/rockpile for tour dates & daily blog updates with video and more!

BAY AREA ARTISTS SING OUT (BAASO) Revving ROCKPILE by Jean Bartlett (Jean's Magazines, September 2009)

Please take a look at Jean Bartlett's profile of Terri Carrion, Michael Rothenberg, David Meltzer, and the Rockpile tour:

http://www.jeansmagazines.org/JeansG/Rockpile/Rockpile.htm

I am very grateful to Jean for the articles she wrote about our readings in California this summer, which also featured the Rockpile gang:

http://www.mercurynews.com/pacifica-entertainment/ci_13202015
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13247848?source=email&nclick_check=1

Check out the ROCKPILE Website and Blog featuring David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg

Dear Big Bridge Readers, Please check out the new ROCKPILE Website & Blog at Big Bridge, www.bigbridge.org/rockpile/ ROCKPILE is a collaboration between David Meltzer — poet, musician, essayist, and more — and Michael Rothenberg of Big Bridge Press. David and Michael will journey through eight cities in the U.S. to perform poetry and prose, composed while on the road, with local musicians and artists in each city. ROCKPILE will serve to educate and preserve as well as to create a history of collaboration. It will help to reinforce the tradition of the troubadour of all generations, central to the cultural upheaval and identity politics that reawakened poets, artists, musicians, and songwriters in the mid-1960s through the 1970s. The project will end with a final multimedia performance celebration in San Francisco. The ROCKPILE Website & Blog will tell you all you need to know about the ROCKPILE project including performance dates, venues, artist bios and performance clips of some of the musicians we will be meeting and performing with in each of the cities. Once we hit the road, we will be posting travel photos, journal entries, performance videos, interviews and more, daily, on the ROCKPILE Blog, so log on and join us as we travel around the country. Write us, comment on the blog, and let us know you are with us, let us know you care! And of course, we hope to see you on the road! Best, Michael Rothenberg, David Meltzer, Terri Carrion & Ziggy. ROCKPILE (www.bigbridge.org/rockpile/) Made possible by a grant from the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, also supported by generous grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation, and support from the Committee on Poetry.