Adrian Matejka - February 25, 2016

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Sponsors

UA Africana Studies Department, UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, UA Poetry Center

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UA Poetry Center
Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka intersperses thoughts on spectacular poetics with readings of poems from Mixology (2009) and The Big Smoke (2013); he also reads new and uncollected work. This reading was given as part of the Spectacular Poetics Series. 

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Welcome and Introduction
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by Hannah Ensor

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Opening Remarks and "Self as Spectacle, Poem as Self"
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Uncollected. 

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"From the Get-Go Blacks"; "Self as Spectacle, Poem as Self" (continued)
Description

Published version of "From the Get-Go Blacks" bears the title "It's Hot in Indianapolis, Basquiat"; differs from published version.

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. "It's Hot in Indianapolis, Basquiat." Gulf Coast 28.1 (2016): 110. Print.

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"Trumpets Up In Here" and "Tyndall Armory"
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Published version of "Trumpets Up in Here" bears the title "& Later,"; both poems differ from published versions. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. "& Later,." poets.org. The Academy of American Poets, 4 September 2015. Web. 23 March 2016.

Matejka, Adrian. Mixology. New York: Penguin Books, 2009. 

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"Self as Spectacle, Poem as Self" (continued)
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Uncollected.

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"Battle Royal"
Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Prize Fighter"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Machine Containing Johnson's Friends Wrecked"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Chicken & Other Stereotypes"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Mouth Fighting"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"A Great Maltese Cat Toying with a White Mouse"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Alias"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Ticket On the Titanic"
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Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Rememory"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Gold Smile"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

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Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Il Trovatore"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"The Shadow Knows"
Description

"From day one, we aspire..."

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Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Shadow Boxing"
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"Shadow, hard work..."

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"The Shadow Knows"
Description

"You're not fooling me..." 

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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Question and Answer Session
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Image
Adrian Matejka
Photographer
Hannah Ensor
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