Clayton Eshleman interviewed by Ian Irvine (Jacket Magazine) by Ian Irvine (Hobson)
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Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
An interview with US poet Clayton Eshleman conducted by Ian Irvine (also writing as Ian Hobson) and published in Jacket Magazine Australia in late 2008.
This piece belongs to Vol. 3 ofThe Collected Works of Ian Irvine (Hobson). (Nonfiction)
"This interview gives readers some fascinating insights into the ouvre of Clayton Eshleman - visionary poet, translator, literary critic and editor (of Sulphur magazine). Eshleman is a giant of the US and international poetry scenes and the full extent of his unique contribution to late 20th century literary culture (late Modernism and postmodernism) is only now becoming apparent. In this interview Eshleman discusses some of his most recent publications, summarises the place in his professional life of his work as a poetry translator and comments on important aspects of his own 'poetic'."
Ian Irvine, July 2010.
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