Alan Davies (born August 26, 1951), is a contemporary

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, critic, and editor who has been writing and publishing since the 1970s. Today, he is most often associated with the

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Life and work

Alan Davies was born in

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, a town in

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, Canada. By the mid-1970s, he was editing a poetry journal, ''Occulist Witnesses'', in the

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area where he had stayed for a few years after attending

Robert Creeley Robert White Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. He was close with Char ...

's poetry class at Harvard Summer School in 1972. By this time he had hand-published

John Wieners John Joseph Wieners (January 6, 1934 – March 1, 2002) was an American poet. Early life Born in Milton, Massachusetts, Wieners attended St. Gregory Elementary School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Boston College High School. From 1950 to 195 ...

' treatise on and for young poets, ''"The Lanterns along the Wall,"'' which Wieners had written especially for Creeley's class. and began more actively publishing his own poetry. Soon, Davies was forming relations with an experimental group of writers whose practice became determining features of what grew into the ''Language School''. This 'school' was not a group precisely, but a ''tendency'' in the work of many of its so-called practitioners. Davies edited ''A Hundred Posters'', one of the important "little" magazines of the "Language" movement. Subsequently, Davies was included in the crucial anthology devoted to "language-centred" writing: ''In the American Tree'', edited by

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( National Poetry Foundation, 1986; 2002). Alan Davies, who is a

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(as pointed out by

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), is currently living and working in

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. Davies was the 2011

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at the

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Bibliography

Poetry

;Collections * *'' A AN AV ES''. ( Needham, MA: Potes & Poets Press, 1981) *''Mnemonotechnics''. ( Hartford, CT: Potes & Poets Press, 1982) *''ACTIVE 24 HOURS''. (New York: Roof Books/Segue Foundation, 1982) *''NAME''. (Berkeley, CA : This Press, 1986) *''RAVE''. (New York: Roof Books/Segue Foundation, 1994) : poetry *''"untitled"'', Alan Davies, M.M. Winterford. (Gran Canaria : Zasterle Press, 1994) *''Sei Shonagon'' (Hole, 1995) *''Book 5 '' (Cambridge, MA: Katalanché Press, 2006) *''RAW WAR'' (Annandale on Hudson, NY: Subpress, 2012) *''ODES & fragments'' (New York City: Ellipsis Press, 2013)

Literary criticism

*''Pursue Veritable Simples'', (Annex Press 1983) *''Signage''. (New York: Roof Books, 1987) *''Candor''. (Oakland, CA : O Books, 1990)

Critical studies and reviews of Davies' work

*''Don't Know Alan: Notes on AD'', with Miles Champion. (Philadelphia: Slought Books, 2002): essay in

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format, link her
Slought Foundation
ref>this e-book features a point-by-point response by Alan Davies to an open letter sent to him by Miles Champion and the complete text in pdf is offered here. This link also includes a link to bibliography or "Alan Davies Writing Resume" ;''Candor'' *

Notes

External links

"Extensions : Louis Cabri on Hole Magazine"
Cabri's on-line essay becomes both a response to, and an engagement with, the work & poetics of Alan Davies

Davies' essay/review & reflections on Brenda Iijima's book ''Around Sea''
Alan Davies Author Page at EPC
poems by Davies appearing in the on-line

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: ''oneedit'', issue no. 10 (2008)
To Call Them by Their Dead Name
Davies reflects upon the life and work of Emanuel Carnevali
Interview with Alan Davies
first appeared on-line, September 25, 2007, conducted by Tom Beckett at ''E-X-C-H-A-N-G-E-V-A-L-U-E-S'',a blog devoted to interviews with contemporary poets
The Dea(r)th of Poetry
essay/manifesto/critique published online in February 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Alan American male poets Language poets Living people 1951 births American magazine founders Canadian expatriate writers in the United States Canadian emigrants to the United States Harvard Summer School alumni