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Iovis: All is Full
of Jove
Poems by
Anne Waldman "Ms.
Waldman has created an engrossing poem in which ideological axes do not grind
in the background. She’s the fastest, wisest woman to run with the wolves in some
time." - The New York Times Book Review "She
lives her life through her writing and transforms it into something to be shared.
Her perception of the poet as the conscience and gadfly of society is refreshing
as one of commitment and consistency. . . ." - MetroTimes, Detroit Walt
Whitman’s challenge to American poets has again been answered, in this all-encompassing
poetic exploration of "male energy," from the early mingling of history
and mythology, to the nightmare of nuclear devastation.
Ezra
Pound once said that every American poet is arguing
with Whitman, and his response was The Cantos. Williams
praised and lamented our cities in Paterson, while
Olson extended the geography in The Maximus Poems. Now,
the powerfully energetic performance poet, Anne Waldman,
presents her masterwork, Iovis, an explication of Jove
as quintessential patriarch. Waldman combines tributes
to poetic fathers such as Kerouac, Robert Creeley, and
John Cage, with references to Balinese, Greek, and Mayan
mythology, and reminiscences of her father, grandfather,
and son, to create an all-encompassing book-length poem,
a major contribution to American letters.
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