
Russell Edson. Courtesy New York Review of Books.
Russell Edson (1935 - April 29, 2014) was an American poet, novelist, and illustrator. He has been called the “godfather of the prose poem in America.”[1]
Life[]
The son of cartoonist and screenwriter Gus Edson, Russell Edson was born in Connecticut. He studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began publishing poetry in the 1960s.
He published numerous collections of prose poetry, short stories, and fables; two novels; and a book of plays.
He lived in Darien, Connecticut, with his wife, Frances.[2][3]
Recognition[]
His honors as a poet include a Guggenheim fellowship[4] and several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.[1]
Awards[]
- 1992 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship[5]
- 1981 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- 1976 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- 1974 Guggenheim Fellowship
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Appearances: Fables and drawings. Stamford, CT: Thing Press, 1961.
- A Stone Is Nobody’s: Fables and drawings. Stamford, CT: Thing Press, 1961.
- The Boundry. Stamford, CT: Thing Press, 1964.
- The Very Thing That Happens: Fables and drawings. New York: New Directions, 1964.
- The Brain Kitchen: Writings and woodcuts. Stamford, CT: Thing Press, 1965.
- What a Man Can See. Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1969.
- The Childhood of an Equestrian. New York: Harper, 1973.
- The Clam Theater. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1973.
- A Roof with Some Clouds behind it. Hartford, CT: Bartholomew’s Cobble, 1975.
- The Intuitive Journey, and other works. New York: Harper, 1976.
- The Reason Why the Closet-Man is Never Sad. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
- Edson’s Mentality. Chicago: OINK! Press, 1977.
- The Traffic. Madison, WI: Red Ozier Press, 1978.
- With Sincerest Regrets. Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1980.
- Wuck Wuck Wuck! (with linocut by Richard Mock). New York, Red Ozier Press, 1984.
- The Wounded Breakfast: Ten poems. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1985.
- The Tunnel: Selected poems. Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Press, 1994.
- The Tormented Mirror. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.
- The Rooster’s Wife. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2007.
- See Jack. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009.
Plays[]
- The Falling Sickness. New York: New Directions, 1975.
Novels[]
- Gulping’s Recital. Rhinebeck, NY: Guignol Books, 1984.
- The Song of Percival Peacock. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 1992.
- The Song of Percival Peacock: A novel. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 1992.
Short fiction[]
- Tick Tock: Short stories and woodcut. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 1992.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.[1]
Audio / video[]
Poet Russell Edson reads his poem "Monkey Gas" in 2005
- A Performance at Hog Theatre. Washington, DC: Watershed Tapes, 1979.
- Russell Edson and James Laughlin: Reading their poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 29, 1984. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1984.
Except where noted, discographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Russell Edson b. 1935, Poetry Foundation, Web, Sep. 8, 2012.
- ↑ Russell Edson, Poet
- ↑ http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/LitCheck/edson
- ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation > Fellows > Russell Edson
- ↑ National Endowment for the Arts > Forty Years of Supporting American Writers > Literature Fellowships
- ↑ Search results = au:Russell Edson + audiobook, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 20, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Russell Edson at The Prose Poem
- Russell Edson 1935-2014 at the Poetry Foundation
- Featured Prose Poet: Russell Edson at Web del Sol
- Poems by Russell Edson
- Audio / video
- Audio: Poems by Russell Edson at The Writer's Almanac
- Russell Edson at YouTube
- Books
- Russell Edson at Amazon.com
- About
- "Why The Reader of Good Prose Poems Is Never Sad: An appreciation of Russell Edson" by Sarah Manguso
- The Rooster's Wife reviewed by Corey Johnson.
- "The Poets in the Distance" (on Edson & Bill Knott) by Charles Simic
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