Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Ben Mazer reads "The King" in July 2012


As recorded at the launch of a new issue of Spirited at the Fourth Wall Project gallery, July 29, 2012. In that issue can be found a version of Mazer's long poem "The King" appears, accompanied by illustrations by Vanessa Barnard. Video via YouTube, courtesy Allison Vanouse.

The text also appears in the first issue of The Battersea Review. Diana Jones-Ellis on Ben's reading in the video: "Brilliant! ... The dimensionality in the work and the reading is absolutely riveting." Below, a leaf from the illustrated stanzas of "The King" as it appears in Spirited.




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