We have a new website name You may still use www.basilking.net but when the home page opens you will see the new domain name: basilking-marthaking.com This is the domain name going forward. The new name makes it clear that works … Read More
To celebrate the legacy of Black Mountain College, the Turchin Center for Visual Arts at Appalachian State University has mounted a show called “Creative Democracy.” It’ll be on view until June 2, 2018. (See previous post, “Basil King in new … Read More
New comment on Basil King’s art and writing Joshua A.W. Gardner in his review of Basil King’s latest book of poetry, History Now (New York: Marsh Hawk Press, 2017), “connects the dots” between King’s visual art and the … Read More
Good news: DISPATCHES FROM THE POETRY WARS http://dispatchespoetrywars.com/ is up and healthy. (The site had a spate of glitches during a recent upgrade.) I am even more pleased to report that a thoughtful article by Kimberly Ann Lyons on Basil King’s visual art “Here is … Read More
Basil King’s new book, History Now, Marsh Hawk Press, 2017, is here. It is the latest segment in what poet Laurie Duggan is calling King’s epic, Learning to Draw. Eileen Tabios in her online “poetry engagement” Galetea Ressurects, calls it HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. … Read More
June 3, 2017 @ 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Howl Happening Gallery For Allen Ginsberg’s 91st birthday, Howl! Happening is holding a celebration that includes the re-release of Allen Ginsberg & William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience; music by Ed … Read More
Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 6:30 pm at the Martin Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center: In.On.Or About the Premises: A Celebration of the Work of Paul Blackburn Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative is partnering with The Poetry … Read More
Basil King: Between Painting and Writing — September 2 to December 24, 2016 in Asheville, NC Curated by Vincent Katz and Brian Butler, at the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, Asheville, NC. This show will include paintings using images … Read More