Synopses & Reviews
Prose. From the founder and co-editor of the American Poetry Review, PORNO DIVA NUMERO UNO is an innovative series of prose poems revolving around imaginary conversations with Marcel Duchamp. The poems return often to Etant Donnes, Duchamp's troubling and fascinating peephole artwork, and the nude woman at its center. This book represents the essence of what a conscientious and writerly imagination must do. To have it in print at last is a blessing for us all (Hayden Carruth).
Synopsis
Prose. From the founder and co-editor of the American Poetry Review, "Porno Diva Numero Uno" is an innovative series of prose poems revolving around imaginary conversations with Marcel Duchamp. The poems return often to Etant donnes, Duchamp's troubling and fascinating peephole artwork, and the nude woman at its center.
About the Author
Stephen Berg is the author of numerous collections of poetry and translations and has been awarded the Frank O'Hara Memorial Prize, a Columbia University Translation Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Pew, Rockefeller, and Dietrich Foundations, as well as from the National Endowment for the Arts. Berg has taught at Princeton and Haverford and is currently a professor of humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.