Anne Waldman, poet, editor, performer, wandering scholar and teacher, has travelled through the realms of art and politics, mythology and warfare, alert to the endless manifestations of male energy—the deeds of Jove. In the modernist heritage of the “poem that includes history,” she weaves an epic out of song, correspondence, cut-up documents and traditional verse forms. Guides, friends and patriarchs include Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley, John Cage, her grandfather, father and son, old loves, each of whom she celebrates, harrangues, and argues with. For warfare and environmental degradation are the deeds of Jove as well, and she turns a cold eye and a feral tongue upon politicians and weapon dealers, the patriarchs that dominate the planet.
