Philip Jenks - January 21, 2010

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Philip Jenks

As part of the Next Word series, Philip Jenks reads from his first two books and from the chapbook How Many of You Are You? (2006). He opens and closes the reading with two poems that would go on to be collected in colony collapse metaphor (2014). This performance was originally given with Akilah Oliver and Brandon Shimoda.

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by Kristina Erny

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Opening Remarks and "I dreamt we were on this ship"
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Jenks, Philip. colony collapse metaphor. Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2014.

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"Philosophy"
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Jenks, Philip. How Many of You Are You? Zurich: Dusie, 2006.

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"Bats"
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Jenks, Philip. How Many of You Are You? Zurich: Dusie, 2006.

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"I didn't write you today"
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Jenks, Philip. On the Cave You Live In. Chicago: Flood Editions, 2002.

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"The Effects of It"
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Jenks, Philip. On the Cave You Live In. Chicago: Flood Editions, 2002.

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"Kingwood, West Virginia"
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Jenks, Philip. On the Cave You Live In. Chicago: Flood Editions, 2002.

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"Skittish outside the whisper"
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Jenks, Philip. My First Painting Will Be 'The Accuser'. Brookline, MA: Zephyr Press, 2005.

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"daughter"
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Jenks, Philip. My First Painting Will Be 'The Accuser'. Brookline, MA: Zephyr Press, 2005.

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"My first painting will be 'The Accuser'"
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Jenks, Philip. My First Painting Will Be 'The Accuser'. Brookline, MA: Zephyr Press, 2005.

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"after Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's always after (the glass house)"
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Differs from published version.

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Jenks, Philip. colony collapse metaphor. Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2014.

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Philip Jenks
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Rodney Phillips
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Philip Jenks
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Cybele Knowles
Tattoo artist: Serena Lander
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