My favorite poet, Ron Silliman, has finally fully published a work he started back in '79. The Alphabet (in it's entirety) is ready for pre-publication orders. I never thought I'd see his work gathered into a single volume, but had my hopes up after Age of Huts came to fruition. Nevertheless, I'd been picking up whatever fragments I could find over the years.
It's hard to describe how momentous his accomplishment is. I honestly think poets will look back on his work as current schools of poetry look back on Zukofsky, although I'm not quite sure if he would take that as a compliment or not. In any case, kudos to one of the most important poets in the past 3 decades.

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Being compared to Zukofsky is an incredible compliment. As is everything in this note. Thank you!
Ron
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