Title: The house that Jack built : the collected lectures of Jack Spicer /
Authors: Spicer, Jack; Gizzi, Peter; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: University Press of New England,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Spicer, Jack Authorship.; Poetry Authorship; Serial poetry
Abstract: Within THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT resides in one volume the four historic talks given by controversial poet Jack Spicer just before his early death in 1965. These lively and provocative lectures function as a gloss to Spicer's own poetry, a general discourse on poetics, and a cautionary handbook for young poets. This thorough documentation of Spicer's unorthodox poetic vision is an authoritative edition of an underground classic.
Contents: Vancouver Lecture 1: Dictation and "A Textbook of Poetry" -- Vancouver Lecture 2: The Serial Poem and The Holy Grail -- Vancouver Lecture 3: Poetry in Process and Book of Magazine Verse -- California Lecture: Poetry and Politics -- Afterword: Jack Spicer and the Practice of Reading -- Appendix. Uncollected Prose and Final Interview.