"To Elsie" symposium
July 8, 1999
Live digital video workshop on William Carlos Williams's "To Elsie" ("the pure products of America go crazy"), convened by Al Filreis, Bob Perelman, and Kristen Gallagher. They fielded questions from people watching on the internet, among them Jena Osman and Terrence Diggory. See the Kelly Writers House calendar entry for more about this event.
- RealVideo
- MP3
- Bob Perelman on how the open architecture and "unsuccessful" quality of Williams' poems are relevant to poetics today (MP3)
- Al Filreis on Williams' attraction to the new "mixed" American culture (MP3)
You can see the text of the poem here.