Geneology
Zukofsky and Stein

· Language Poetry, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E
Controversy over name
1. Michael Greer's article, "Ideology and Theory in Recent Experimental Writing or, the Naming of 'Language Poetry,'"
2. Bob Perelman, The Marginalization of Poetry
3. Lyn Hejinian, The Language of Inquiry,
4. Barrett Watten, The Constructivist Moment
5. Ron Silliman, The New Sentence
6. Charles Bernstein, My Way: Speeches and Poems.

· Language Poetry, Language Writing, Language centered, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E , what is

1. (before) Pent up and stuffy - “challenge ‘natural’ presense of speaker behind text” (Wiki) "I keep painting until i've painted myself out of the picture"
2. Disjunction - texture - reader is important
3. Materiality of the signifier (what?)

1. Metonymy, synecdoche, paratactical structures
2. Engage with what you’re reading (message)
3. Texture and you’re important (three dots) participate in creation!– 4-D