num_pages: 115
description: SPOKE was published in 1984 by Sun &amp; Moon Press (College Park, MD) with a full-color cover detailing a leaf from the Beatus Facundus (Spanish, 11th century).In the early 1970s, Weiner began writing a series of journals that were partly the result of her experiments with automatic writing and partly a result of her schizophrenia. Judith Goldman claims that politics and ethics were central to a mode of writing she developed and called "clair-style," which used "words and phrases clairvoyantly seen" and that Weiner arrived at a method of composing that employed "these seen elements exclusively." Goldman also provides the insight that "Weiner let no representation of herself circulate that did not take her status as a clairvoyant into account."[4] She influenced a number of the language poets and was included in the In the American Tree anthology of Language poetry (edited by Ron Silliman). Beginning with Little Books/Indians (1980) and Spoke (1984) Weiner's work engaged with Native American politics, particularly the American Indian Movement and the case of imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier.
language: English
title: Spoke
titlecomplete: Spoke
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Sun & Moon Press