Description
Poetry. "Grounded in vernacular and yet displacing it, Alan Bernheimer makes poetry that is somehow aphoristic, surreal, and down to earth. 'Speaking / in the language of things,' FROM NATURE revels in the present: what can be said in it and with it, without permitting the future to 'spoil the present.' These poems seem to float on the surface of language, which is after all where we spend most of our time. The prose is as rhythmically propulsive as the poetry is honed and full of bright coinages ('beautilities' anyone?). FROM NATURE is a 'travel size heartthrob' where 'it feels great being anyplace' because anyplace is where Alan Bernheimer makes poems out of sheer air."—Alli Warren
Author Bio
Alan Bernheimer's recent work has appeared at Across the Margin and at SFMOMA's Open Space and in The Equalizer, The Delineator, and Hambone. THE SPOONLIGHT INSTITUTE was published by Adventures in Poetry in 2009. Born and raised in Manhattan, he has lived in the Bay Area since the 1970s. He produces a portrait gallery of poets reading on flickr. His translation of Philippe Soupault's memoir, LOST PROFILES: MEMOIRS OF CUBISM, DADA, AND SURREALISM, was published by City Lights in 2016. More information is at The Electronic Poetry Center.
Author City: BERKELEY, CA USA