Literary & Performance Artists

Literary and Performance Art

Dial-a-Poem, a poetry hotline realized by John Giorno in 1968 which still provides poetry on-demand today.

The thematic anthology In the Words of Walt Whitman is my preferred method of reading the poet’s works.

Walt Whitman

Book cover of ‘The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy’ by John Brehm. A whimsical scene depicts an elephant balancing on a stack of teacups in front of a forest background

John Brehm identifies the manifestation of essential Buddhist truths in poetic works from practicing ancient poets in the East to modern secular Western poets as well. This thematic anthology is accompanied by a short essay on mindful reading in the context of poetry and biographical notes on each author.