Charles Olson Lecture: Ed Sanders

This illustrated lecture, “A Life of Olson, with Glyphs,” will feature a sequence
of projected color Glyphs with text and comments on key points in Charles Olson’s life
and times, including the personal interactions of Olson with Ed Sanders beginning
in 1962 and continuing until Olson’s passing in early 1970. Included will be a
tracing of Olson’s remarkable influence on poetry and writing, lasting into this era
and beyond, plus Sanders’ attempt in 1968 to spur a relationship between Olson and
Janis Joplin, and other incidents in Olson’s epoch-stirring life.