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Basil King



Basil King is a painter/poet, born in England before WWII and living in Brooklyn since 1968. He attended Black Mountain College as a teenager and completed apprenticeship as an abstract expressionist in San Francisco and New York. For the past three decades he has taken his art "from the abstract to the figure, from the figure to the abstract." His books include Mirage: a poem in 22 sections, Warp spasm, Identity, 77 Beasts/ Basil King's Beastiary, Talisman#36/37, and In the Field Where Daffodils Grow, Short Stories.

Reading at the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, NYC, January 25, 2012

Poet & Painter Basil King reads from his latest book Learning to Draw/A History (Skylight Press).

Video from Tawil Productions on Vimeo.

Reading from LEARNING TO DRAW/A HISTORY: TWIN TOWERS, Prose Pros Series at The Sidewalk Cafe, NYC, December 9, 2010

complete reading (34:43): MP3

Reading from Warp Spasm, Prose Pros Series at The Sidewalk Cafe, NYC, November 5, 2009

complete recording (33:37): MP3

Basil King on PennSound Daily

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2009 Basil King. Used with the permission of Basil King. Distributed by PennSound.