Don Byrd

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"Don Byrd is a poet and Professor of English at the State University of New York at Albany. His publications include Aesop's Garden, The Great Dime Store Centennial, Charles Olson's Maximus, and, most recently, The Poetics of the Common Knowledge (SUNY UP, 1994). He is currently editing a special issue of The Little Magazine on Cyborg Performance and Poetics." bio at Stanford (late 90's?)

"Don Byrd is a writer, poet, and sound artist, who lives in Albany, NY. His most recent books are The Poetics of the Common Knowledge and The Great Dime Store Centennial." bio at NYFA 2001

Contents 1 Poetry 2 Criticism (more properly, literary analysis 3 Article 4 Audio

[edit] Poetry

Aesop's Garden was published by North Atlantic (Richard Grossinger), a west coast small press.

The Great Dimestore Centennial was published by Station Hill (George Quasha), a small press in central New York state (where Charles Stein is also gainly employed).

The Poetry Hole

[edit] Criticism (more properly, literary analysis

Charles Olson's Maximus is published by Southern Illinois University Press.

The Poetics of the Common Knowledge is published by SUNY University Press.

[edit] Article

http://www.nyfa.org/archive_detail_q.asp?type=2&qid=49&fid=6&year=2001&s=Fall

[edit] Audio

http://www.archive.org/details/Don_Byrd_lecture_poets_and_poetry_June_1996_96P031 This is a lecture he gave at Naropa in 1996. It was interrupted by thunder mere moments after he refers to sloppy metaphors such as the femininity of Nature.