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A Poet's Mind: Collected Interviews with Robert Duncan, 1960-1985 by Christopher Wagstaff (Hardcover, 2012)

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Contributor: Robert Duncan (Contributions by), Christopher Wagstaff (Edited by), Gerrit Lansing (Foreword by). Subtitle: Collected Interviews with Robert Duncan, 1960-1985. Author: Robert Duncan. Title: A Poet's Mind.

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Robert Duncan (1919-1988), one of the major postwar American poets, was an adulated figure among his contemporaries, including Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Denise Levertov. Lawrence Ferlinghetti remarked that Duncan had the best ear this side of Dante. His stature is increasingly recognized as comparable to that of Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, H.D., and Louis Zukofsky. ike his poetry, Duncan's conversation is generative and multi-directional, pushing out the boundaries of discourse. His recorded reflections are a means of discovery and exploration, and whether talking with a college student or a fellow poet, he was fully engaged and open to new thoughts as they emerged. The exchanges in this book are exciting and lively. is vast and wide-ranging knowledge offers readers an increased understanding of the interrelations of the arts, history, psychology, and science; those who would like to learn about Duncan's own life, his bravery in being an out gay man well before Stonewall, and his friendships with fellow writers, such as Charles Olson, Jack Spicer, and Kenneth Rexroth, will find this book richly rewarding. he six volumes of Duncan's collected writings