Apr 6, 2006

Whalen...

i had no idea...Whalen is brilliant...man, what a scholar...

5 comments:

Eric said...

Definitely.

Two weeks ago, his editor, Michael Rothenberg, gave the best reading I've heard since the Electric City Spectacular. Check him.

This is a secret invitation to the workshop on my blog. I'd like you to be part of it.

John Sakkis said...

yeah, i'm sitting here working on a tape of his from 80...a workshop on Shakespeare...i mean, students and faculty (who are sitting in) are throwing questions at him and he's on automatic reply...like, this fucker (RIP) not only knows everything about Shakespeare but British History...AND Roman History...AND Greek history...and then the group eventually just starts asking him questions in general...like "so has incest always been taboo?" to which he replies by going into Freud, an anthopological rant about the natives to a specific island, british and french royal families...i'm like...shoot...you know, just shoot...

John Sakkis said...

secret invitation? i'm there...

Eric said...

I would like to hear that tape.

I have the tape of Olson's famous, degenerating 6 hr. Berkeley lecture

You're in? Sweet.

John Sakkis said...

do i need to know a password...as kids we always used "kublakahn"