Frederick Eckman (1924-1996) was a legendary editor. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he coedited Golden Goose magazine and chapbook series, which published such poets as William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Lorine Niedecker, and Kenneth Rexroth. An exceptional teacher of young writers, Eckman was also a superlative poet and an indefatigable servant of poetry, writing reviews of and critical essays on fellow poets. This book offers a generous selection of his poetry, along with a sampling of his reviews and critical ...
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Frederick Eckman (1924-1996) was a legendary editor. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he coedited Golden Goose magazine and chapbook series, which published such poets as William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Lorine Niedecker, and Kenneth Rexroth. An exceptional teacher of young writers, Eckman was also a superlative poet and an indefatigable servant of poetry, writing reviews of and critical essays on fellow poets. This book offers a generous selection of his poetry, along with a sampling of his reviews and critical essays. Also included are commentaries on Eckman's life and work by colleagues, fellow poets, and former students, such as Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, and Gena Ford.
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