Inter/views Poems, and a Correspondence
Inter/views Poems, and a Correspondence by Christopher Chambers is a collection published by Calumet Editions in December 2021, featuring 64 pages of poetry in English. This work uniquely incorporates lines from interviews with a variety of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and architects, using these found lines to create new literary expressions. The poems employ a pattern of intense repetition, allowing for shifts in meaning as the lines are slightly revised and recontextualized.
Readers will discover a blend of poetic forms that evoke the creative process, particularly through the use of the pantoum, which is noted for its ability to reflect on past experiences. The interplay of sampled lines creates echoes throughout the stanzas, offering a sonic experience that invites contemplation. This edition presents a fresh perspective on literature and culture, making it relevant for those interested in the intersections of poetry and artistic dialogue.
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These poems boldly appropriate lines from interviews with famous and infamous artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers and architects, and with these found lines construct small literary objects with something new to say. The pattern of intense repetition creates an incantation in which shifts in meaning occur as the repeated lines are slightly revised and given a new context. The sampled lines reverberate between stanzas, creating echoes that slow us down, providing startling sonic views. Mark Strand and Eavan Boland in The Making of a Poem, call the pantoum a “perfect form for the evocation of a past time.” This mash-up of that ancient form with the interview offers unexpected glimpses of the creative process that are nearly perfect for these strange times now.
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