Mass: Gerrit Lansing

This segment of Jim Dunn and Kevin Gallagher’s feature “Mass: Raw Poetry from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts” focuses on Gerrit Lansing, and includes contributions from Derek Fenner, John Wieners, David Rich, and Mark Lamoureux.

Gerrit Lansing: A personal reliquary
Derek Fenner

Gerrit Lansing: Under the gazebo / evening
David Rich

The dark grammarian
John Wieners

The fire which we had yesterday is gone today.
John Wieners

What Gerrit gives us
Mark Lamoureux

About this feature

This section of Jim Dunn and Kevin Gallagher's feature on poetry of Massachusetts, “Mass: Raw Poetry from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," focuses on the influence of Gerrit Lansing.

Preface

Mass: Gerrit Lansing

Gerrit Lansing: A personal reliquary
Derek Fenner

Gerrit Lansing: Under the gazebo / evening
David Rich

The dark grammarian
John Wieners

The fire which we had yesterday is gone today.
John Wieners

What Gerrit gives us
Mark Lamoureux

Gerrit Lansing on Close Listening

Gerrit Lansing was Charles Bernstein’s guest for a two-part Close Listening program recorded on December 9, 2012. Part one showcases poems from Lansing’s collected poems, The Heavenly Tree / Northern Earth, while part two features the poet in conversation with Bernstein and Susan Howe. A short, candid video shot after the show is also available on Lansing’s PennSound author page, alongside recordings from 1987 and 2009.

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Mass: Gerrit Lansing

Edited by Jim Dunn and Kevin Gallagher

Mass: Gerrit Lansing

Preface

Gerrit Lansing on Close Listening