Above is the title page device for the Jargon / Corinth Books edition of The Maximus Poems (1960). Jonathan Williams' note about it reads:

this 'glyph' becomes Olson's 'Figure of Outward.' striding forth from the domain of the infinitely small; and, also, a written character for Maximus himself — the Man in the World. It is (really, like they say) the enlargement of a sliver of perforated tin ceiling found on the floor of a bar room in a ghost town in Arizona. Frederick Sommer made the discovery and the photograph.

For ten years we've posted Musings at the turn of each season, then at its midpoint. The time has come to be a little less 'calendared.' A little more informal, and broader (or more outwardly) afield.

So let us, for a start, recommend:

An Interview with Robert Kelly. But this is only the first few pages of this amazingly acute assessment of poetry, the spirit thereof, and its life and our lives on this planet. We encourage you to buy a copy of The Modern Review (Volume 1, issue 4) and read the piece in its entirety.

Our previous Musings for the Season to date are still there, and worth a browse.

More of Jonathan Williams' photographs are on view at The Gallery: Edition Asheville 2004.

Thomas Meyer's translation of the daode jing has been published by Flood Editions, Chicago and is available from them.