Mónica de la Torre Interview
Mónica de la Torre has a chat with Charles Bernstein. She
discusses her serial poem The Crush; the effect of her bilingualism on her poetry; her use of collage, lists, songs, and found material; the possibilities for a political poetry; and the poetics of the Americas.
De la Torre writes about art and culture for publications in Mexico and the U.S. and is co-author of the artist book Appendices, Illustrations & Notes, available on UbuWeb. She also co-edited the anthology Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2002) and is the translator of Poemas/Poems by Gerardo Deniz (Lost Roads) and co-translator of Mauve Sea-Orchids by Lila Zemborain (Belladonna Books, 2007) (29 minutes).
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Conversations and readings with poets and artists, produced in cooperation with PennSound and hosted by Charles Bernstein, the American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein was born in New York City in 1950. He is a foundational member and leading practitioner of Language poetry. Bernstein was educated at the Bronx High School of Science and at Harvard University, where he studied philosophy with Stanley Cavell and wrote his final thesis on Gertrude Stein and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
In the mid-1970s Bernstein became active in the experimental poetry scenes in New York and San Francisco, not only as a poet, but also as an editor, publisher, and theorist. With visual artist and wife Susan Bee, Bernstein published several now well-known poets whose work is associated with Language writing.
more In the mid-1970s Bernstein became active in the experimental poetry scenes in New York and San Francisco, not only as a poet, but also as an editor, publisher, and theorist. With visual artist and wife Susan Bee, Bernstein published several now well-known poets whose work is associated with Language writing.
