Bruce Andrews

Bruce Andrews (born April 1, 1948) is an American poet who was one of the key figures associated with the Language poets (or "L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E" "poets", after the magazine that bears that name).

Life and Work

Andrews was born in Chicago and studied international relations at Johns Hopkins University and political science at Harvard. His first book, "Edge", was published in 1973.

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Together with Charles Bernstein he edited "L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E" Magazine, which ran to 13 issues between 1978 and 1981 and ( along with other magazines such as "This", "A Hundred Posters," "Big Deal," "Dog City," "Hills," "Là Bas," "Oculist Witnesses," "QU," and "Roof," ) was one of the most important outlets for L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry, giving a name to the new movement. In 1984 he and Bernstein published most of the contents of the 13 issues in "The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book".

Andrews and Politics

Since 1975, Andrews has been a professor of political science at Fordham University. Consequently, he rejects the classical notion of poetry as the 'direct treatment' of things in language, arguing that the only thing that can be so treated is language itself.

Andrews' courses take an unorthodox look at the political system. Looking outside the mainstream paradigm, he harshly criticizes what he calls the US government's policies of oppression and subversion.

Andrews appeared on the O'Reilly Factor in October 2006 after a Fordham student who interned on the program complained about what he called Andrews' leftist views.

Publications

As well as a number of essays, Andrews has published about forty books of poetry, either on his own or in collaboration with other writers. These include "I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up (Or, Social Romanticism)" (1992) and "Ex Why Zee: Performance Texts, Collaborations with Sally Silvers, Word Maps, Bricolage & Improvisation" (1995). "Designated Heartbeat" (Salt Publishing, 2006; ISBN 1-84471-068-8) and "Swoon Noir" (Chax Press, 2007; ISBN 978-0-925904-48-5) brings Andrews well into the 21st century. Also of note, recent projects (and "e-reprints" of earlier publications) are also appearing on-line.

ources

* [http://www.chax.org/poets/andrews.htm Chax Press]

E-Book Publications

The following works by Andrews have been republished in e-book format at [http://english.utah.edu/eclipse/authors.html Eclipse] , which is a free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of original works by various authors:
*"Acappella" (1973)
*"Corona" (Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, 1973)
*"Edge" (Washington, DC: Arry Press, for Some Of Us Press, 1973)
*"Vowels" (New York: O Press, 1976)
*"Film Noir" (Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1978)
*"Praxis" (Tuumba Press, 1978)
*"Joint Words" [with John M. Bennett] (Columbus, Ohio: Luna Bisonte Prods, 1979)
*"L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E" Magazine [Editor, with Charles Bernstein]
*"LEGEND" {with Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman}
*"The Millennium Project" [Composed from material generated between the mid 1980s and the early 1990s, The Millennium Project comprises almost one thousand pages of poetry and forms a companion piece to Andrews' "Lip Service" (Toronto: Coach House, 2001)]
*"Toothpick, Lisbon, & the Orcas Islands" [Editor]

References

External links

* [http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/andrews/ Bruce Andrews at EPC: includes links to online books]
* [http://aerialedge.com/aerial9.htm Aerial 9: Bruce Andrews, a special issue including essays, interviews, and poetry, by and about Andrews' work]
* [http://intercapillaryspace.blogspot.com/2006/10/bruce-andrews-designated-heartbeat.html "Designated Heartbeat", reviewed] Laura Steele reviews this 2006 work by Andrews at the on-line webmag "Intercapillary Space"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-CIIw2SCOg Andrews on "The O'Reilly Factor"] watch Bruce Andrews spar with Bill O’Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor. In the first week of November 2006, Andrews was featured as a guest during O'Reilly's "Outrage of the Week". The O'Reilly Factor clip is now available at YouTube.com

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