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As some of you know, Dan Waber has launched a new imprint: this is visual poetry. He
invited me to put together a collection of Millie's graphics for
inclusion in the series. Millie would have enjoyed this series, and
most likely would have composed something new to submit. I used the opportunity to create a retrospective that I thought others might enjoy. My description of this chapbook: For Millie Niss, all relationships were political, and one’s own life was also intimately connected to ever larger political and cultural circles. In the context of growing up with linguistic and family roots in France and New York State (New York City, rural western New York), much of Millie’s work draws from sources outside of US politics and literature. In her own writing, the French Oulipo movement with its constraints was a major influence and was often linked to her mathematics background. Most of her work cuts across at least two cultures. The 16 images collected here represent Millie’s range of interests
from politics and literature to oulipo and hypertext to
autobiographical reflection. The pieces, taken together, represent a
self-portrait of Millie as a poet, web artist, and traveler. There are
references here to Paul Theroux, to Tunisa
during Ramadan, and to French culture of the early 1990s, experienced
by Millie as a teenager studying for the Bac – along with the poetry
games and the indignation and humor that marked much of her published
work. Copies available from http://thisisvisualpoetry.com/?p=220 Her earlier poetry chapbook was just discovered by a blogger during a visit to a Baltimore library. Re-issue of this chapbook is available from me. Please contact, if interested. -- The Lost Shoe http://www.chapbookpublisher.com/shop.html The Lost Shoe video http://www.sporkworld.org/Deed/lostshoe.mov this is visual poetry by Millie Niss http://thisisvisualpoetry.com 27 March 2010 release |
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