Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, critic, editor and teacher. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets.
Early Life and Work
Bernstein was born in
New York City and studied at the
Bronx High School of Science and
Harvard College, graduating in
1972. His first book,
Asylums was published in
1975. Together with
Bruce Andrews he edited
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine, which ran to 13 issues between
1978 and
1980. This was one of the most important outlets for L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry, and in
1984 he and Andrews published most of the contents of the 13 issues in
The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book. During this period, Bernstein also published three more books of his own poetry:
Parsing (
1976),
Shade (
1978) and
Poetic Justice (
1979), while earning a living as a freelance editor.
Bernstein and Poetics
Bernstein is one of the foremost thinkers of the poets associated with L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, and his two collections of essays,
Content's Dream: Essays 1975 (
1986) and
A Poetics (
1992), as well as his
My Way: Speeches and Poems(
1999) expand a position on poetry based, in part, on his
close reading of the
philosophy of
Karl Marx, and
Ludwig Wittgenstein and the writings of
Gertrude Stein,
Louis Zukofsky, and
William Carlos Williams.
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Charles Bernstein Interview - Conversation with the writer about language poetry and his poetic vision.
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