Looking Back At Writings From The Poet-Run Town Of Bolinas, 50 Years On

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🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Bolinas, writes English Professor Lytle Shaw, is “the only instance I could think of where a town was essentially governed by poets.” Shaw’s thoughts are part of a new anniversary edition of “On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing” originally published in 1971, featuring the work of a remarkable group of poets living in or near Bolinas in the late 60s and 70s, including Diane Di Prima, Phillip Whalen, Robert Creeley, JoAnne Kyger, Anne Waldman and other icons of the period. We’ll talk about the Bolinas scene, the new edition of the anthology and capturing Bolinas counterculture through its poetry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.9	Belinas. It's one of those magical place names that conjures up the Bay Area's illustrious past as home to artists and poets.
1:30.0	A 1971 anthology of Belina's poetry on the mesa has been reissued for its 50th anniversary. We talk with its editors and the legendary poet and activist Anne Waldman spent time in the West Marin town. And then we have the
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1:59.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Belenus writes English professor Lytle Shaw is the only
2:06.5	instance I could think of where a town was essentially governed by poets. Shaw's thoughts are part of a new
2:12.3	anniversary edition of On the Mesa, an anthology of Belenus writing, originally published in 1971 and featuring
2:19.0	the work of a remarkable group of poets living in or near Belinas in the late 60s and 70s,
2:25.0	including Diane DePrima, Philip Whalen, Robert Creely, Joanne Keiger, and Waldman, of course,
2:31.3	and other icons of the period. We'll talk about the Belina scene, the new edition of the anthology,
2:36.4	and capturing Belina's counterculture through its poetry.
2:39.5	We're joined by Ben Estes, the editor of On the Mesa.
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