Tom Verlaine by Tosh Berman

 

Tom Verlaine by Tosh Berman: read it here.

The Buzz Buzz of the Bumble Bee by Tosh Berman

 

The Buzz Buzz of the Bumble Bee by Tosh Berman

Jack Hirschman Poet Translator on Tea With Tosh

On my old Tea With Tosh show I had Jack Hirschman as a guest. 30 minutes of brilliance from this fellow.

"Index of Women" by Amy Gerstler (Penguin Poets) 2021

 

ISBN: 9780143136217

Amy Gerstler is the perfect cocktail of literary essence. Her poetry is like the most delicious plate of ice cream, but it never leaves you with a stomach ache or regret for overeating. It's a perfectly placed series of images, language that plays with each other, as well as a narration (in the prose) poetry that is genuinely moving. "Letters From a Lost Doll" is based on correspondence by Kafka to a little girl who lost her doll. Kafka told the little girl that the doll is not lost but just traveling. So, he sent letters to her as if the doll was dropping communication throughout her travels. Gerstler does the same in her version, and it's a remarkable presence of an object (doll) communicating with life. "Index of Women" has no weak points. Every poem fits into the picture, and it's a beautiful puzzle.

Wallace Berman Art Post Sent to Piero Heliczer

 

My father Wallace Berman was friends with the poet Piero Heliczer. Funny enough I was researching old Little Caesar journals (published by Dennis Cooper) this morning for a project I'm working on for the Hammer Museum. I came upon an issue devoted to Piero's work in that journal. Nevertheless, by accident (do they really happen?) I found this post card art by Wallace sent to Piero. My dad eventually did a book cover for Piero as well. So, Wallace Berman art sent to Piero Heliczer.

David Trinidad Poet on Tea With Tosh

David Trinidad is a superb poet.  I feel close to his work, especially the poetry he was writing in Los Angeles during the 1980s.  I too have a thing for Girl Groups and that sort of Pop Culture that is expressed through David's work.  I often saw him read at Beyond Baroque.  Dennis Cooper at the time was doing the programming at Beyond Baroque. He had his own press, Sherwood Press, that was wonderful.  A great era in Los Angeles Poetry world at that time.  Also on the same show, we show Shirley Squid Ouchi's art performance/video "Doing The Dishes."  A powerful piece of work.
- Tosh Berman



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Jack Hirschman Poet Translator on Tea With Tosh

Jack Hirschman is a poet and translator.   A dear friend of the family, which means Wallace Berman.  I first met Jack as a child in Los Angeles,  but eventually, he moved to San Francisco, very close to the social world of that city, which includes the ultimate Beat Culture bookstore, City Lights.  Jack is a social activist as well as an artist. Probably one of the smartest individual I have ever met.  -Tosh Berman.  Videotaped in 1987.