Bruce Andrews (April 1, 1948) is an

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who is one of the key figures associated with the

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(or '' L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E'' ''poets'', after the magazine that bears that name).

Life and work

Andrews was born in

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and studied international relations at

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and political science at

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. His first book, ''Edge'', was published in 1973.

Language poetry

Together with

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, he edited '' L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E'' Magazine, which ran to 13 issues between 1978 and 1981 and (along with other magazines such as ''

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'', ''A Hundred Posters,'' ''Big Deal,'' ''Dog City,'' ''Hills,'' ''Là Bas,'' ''Oculist Witnesses,'' ''QU,'' and ''Roof'') was one of the most important outlets for Language poetry. In 1984 he and Bernstein published most of the contents of the 13 issues in ''The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book''. Andrews rejects the classical notion of poetry as the 'direct treatment' of things in language, arguing that the only thing that can be so treated is language itself.

Andrews and politics

Andrews was a professor of political science at

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from 1975 to 2013. He harshly criticized what he called the US government's policies of oppression and subversion. Andrews appeared on the

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in November 2006 after a Fordham student who interned on the program complained about Andrews' leftist views.

Publications

Andrews has published about forty books of poetry, either on his own or in collaboration with other writers, as well as a number of books of essays. His books include ''I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up (Or, Social Romanticism)'' (1992) and ''Ex Why Zee: Performance Texts, Collaborations with Sally Silvers, Word Maps, Bricolage & Improvisation'' (1995). ''Designated Heartbeat'' (

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, 2006; ) and ''Swoon Noir'' (Chax Press, 2007; ) bring Andrews well into the 21st century.

Sources

Chax Press
*Silliman, Ron, ed. ''In the American Tree.'' Orono, Me.: National Poetry Foundation, 1986; reprint ed. with a new afterword, 2002.

E-Book publications

The following works by Andrews have been republished in e-book format a
Eclipse
which is a free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of original works by various authors: *''Acappella'' (1973) *''Corona'' (Providence, RI:

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, 1973) *''Edge'' (Washington, DC: Arry Press, for Some Of Us Press, 1973) *''Vowels'' (New York: O Press, 1976) *''Film Noir'' (Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1978) *''Praxis'' (Tuumba Press, 1978) *''Joint Words'' ith John M. Bennett(Columbus, Ohio: Luna Bisonte Prods, 1979) *''L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E'' Magazine [Editor, with

] *''LEGEND'' *''The Millennium Project''Composed from material generated between the mid 1980s and the early 1990s, The Millennium Project comprises almost one thousand pages of poetry and forms a companion piece to Andrews' ''Lip Service'' (Toronto: Coach House, 2001) *''Toothpick, Lisbon, & the Orcas Islands'' ditor

References

External links

Bruce Andrews at EPC: includes links to online books
* ttp://intercapillaryspace.blogspot.com/2006/10/bruce-andrews-designated-heartbeat.html ''Designated Heartbeat'', reviewedLaura Steele reviews this 2006 work by Andrews at the on-line webmag " Intercapillary Space" *, as a guest during O'Reilly's "Outrage of the Week". {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Bruce Poets from Illinois Living people 1948 births Language poets Fordham University faculty American magazine founders Harvard University alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni Writers from Chicago