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Jim Cohn

January 06, 2023

Jim Cohn is a poet, poetry activist, and spoken word artist in the United States. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1953. Early poetics and musical influences include Bob Dylan, the subject of a now lost audiotaped for a class project completed in his senior year at Shaker Heights High School, where he also co-captained the varsity football team. He received a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder in English (1976) and a Certificate of Poetics (1980) from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University where he was a teaching assistant to Allen Ginsberg. He received his M.S. Ed. in English and Deaf Education from the University of Rochester and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in 1986. For over two decades, he worked in the field of disability services, taking a siddha approach as a model of Disability Services and Studies practice and scholarship. He believed that the social sciences should be redefined thematically within the United States into a form of American Karmic Studies.

Jim Cohn

Career

In 1980, Jim Cohn published his first collection of poems, Green Sky. In 1989 Prairie Falcon was published by North Atlantic Books. He would follow up this work with five more books of poetry and two works of poetics nonfiction.

He introduced Allen Ginsberg to Deaf poets at NTID in 1984. In 1986, he published a groundbreaking essay entitled "The New Deaf Poetics: Visible Poetry" in Sign Language Studies (52).[1] In 1987, he coordinated the first National Deaf Poetry Conference, in Rochester, NY.[2] The importance of his role in the history of American Sign Language (ASL) poetics was documented in a 2009 film by Miriam Nathan Lerner entitled The Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox.[3]

In 1990, he began serving as editor to annual poetry magazine, Napalm Health Spa.[4] In 2009, Napalm Health Spa enjoyed its twentieth year of continuous publication. In 2013, released an anthologic special edition of Napalm Health Spa entitled Long Poem Masterpieces of the Postbeats.[5] His entry was "Treasures For Heaven" [6] Upon release of NHS13, poet David Cope suggested that Long Poem Masterpieces of the Postbeats is akin to Donald Allen's New American Poetry (Grove Press, 1960) in its scope and variety."[7]

In 1995, Jim began his recording career with The Abolitionists,[8] a North Bay Area band that featured Mooka Rennick and guitarist Steve Kimock. He began a solo recording artist career beginning with Unspoken Words in 1998. From 2006-2008, he worked on homage, a spoken word and music recording made upon the death of his mother. In 2009, he released Impermanence, a double CD compilation.

In 1996, Jim began planning for an online poetry project that would explore Beat Generation influences on the Postbeat Poets. In 1997, Jim founded the on-line Museum of American Poetics. In 1999, MAP became the first online poetry site to be mentioned in the New York Times.

Jim published his first collection of prose that same year, exploring the theoretical parallels between ASL and modernist poetries in a book entitled Sign Mind: Studies in American Sign Language Poetics.[9]

Jim's first video production, the American Poet Greats series, won the Best Multimedia Award from Community Television in Boulder, Colorado for three year in a row (2001-2003). In 2003, Jim produced his first film, a 55 minute profile on the life and poetic contributions of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics co-founder Anne Waldman, entitled Anne Waldman: Makeup on Empty Space.

In a 2011 review of Cohn's Sutras & Bardos: Essays & Interviews on Allen Ginsberg, the Kerouac School, Anne Waldman, The Postbeat Poets & the New Demotics, Beat Studies scholar Jonah Raskin wrote "Perhaps no one in the United States today understands and appreciates the poetic durability and the cultural elasticity of the Beats better than Jim Cohn."[10]

Bibliography

  • Treasures for Heaven: Collected Poems 1976-2021, 2022, Giant Steps Press
  • If 45 was 16 & 16 was 45, 2020, Museum of American Poetics Publications (Chapbook)
  • Birthday News: A Poemoscope, 2018, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • The Ongoing Saga I Told My Daughter: Expanded Edition, 2016, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • The Groundless Ground, 2014, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • Sutras & Bardos: Essays & Interviews on Allen Ginsberg, The Kerouac School, Anne Waldman, Postbeat Poets & The New Demotics, 2011, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • Mantra Winds, 2010, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • The Ongoing Saga I Told My Daughter (original edition), 2009, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • Quien Sabe Mountain, 2004, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • The Golden Body: Meditations on the Essence of Disability, 2003, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • Sign Mind: Studies in American Sign Language Poetics, 1999, Museum of American Poetics Publications
  • The Dance of Yellow Lightning Over The Ridge, 1998, Writers & Books Publications
  • Grasslands, 1994, Writers & Books Publications
  • Prairie Falcon, 1989, North Atlantic Books
  • Green Sky, 1980

Discography

  • Venerable Madtown Hall 2013, MusEx Records
  • Commune 2013, MusEx Records
  • Impermanence 2008, MusEx Records
  • homage 2007, MusEx Records
  • Trashtalking Country 2006, MusEx Records
  • Emergency Juke Joint 2002, MusEx Records
  • Antenna 2000, MusEx Records
  • Unspoken Words 1998, MusEx Records
  • Walking Thru Hell Gazing at Flowers 1996, MusEx Records
  • The Road 1995, MusEx Records

External links

  • Official Site
  • Museum of American Poetics
  • farfalla press
  • Logos Journal
  • Project MUSE
  • echo nyc
  • Wesley Lake
  • A review of “Antenna” by Michael Basinski
  • A review of "Sign Mind: Studies in American Sign Language Poetics" by Christopher Krentz
  • The Allen Ginsberg Project
  • Allen Ginsberg discussing his poetry with ASL class on YouTube

References

  1. ^ The New Deaf Poetics: Visible Poetry
  2. ^ "National Deaf Poetry Conference".
  3. ^ "Blogger".
  4. ^ Online Lit Zines & Anthologies, N
  5. ^ "Napalm Health Spa 2013".
  6. ^ "Poems by Jim Cohn".
  7. ^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/65164414719/?fref=ts[user-generated source]
  8. ^ The Abolitionists Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today
  9. ^ American Sign Language (ASL) poetry
  10. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

January 06, 2023
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Jim Cohn is a poet poetry activist and spoken word artist in the United States He was born in Highland Park Illinois in 1953 Early poetics and musical influences include Bob Dylan the subject of a now lost audiotaped for a class project completed in his senior year at Shaker Heights High School where he also co captained the varsity football team He received a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder in English 1976 and a Certificate of Poetics 1980 from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University where he was a teaching assistant to Allen Ginsberg He received his M S Ed in English and Deaf Education from the University of Rochester and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf NTID in 1986 For over two decades he worked in the field of disability services taking a siddha approach as a model of Disability Services and Studies practice and scholarship He believed that the social sciences should be redefined thematically within the United States into a form of American Karmic Studies Jim Cohn Contents 1 Career 2 Bibliography 3 Discography 4 External links 5 ReferencesCareer EditIn 1980 Jim Cohn published his first collection of poems Green Sky In 1989 Prairie Falcon was published by North Atlantic Books He would follow up this work with five more books of poetry and two works of poetics nonfiction He introduced Allen Ginsberg to Deaf poets at NTID in 1984 In 1986 he published a groundbreaking essay entitled The New Deaf Poetics Visible Poetry in Sign Language Studies 52 1 In 1987 he coordinated the first National Deaf Poetry Conference in Rochester NY 2 The importance of his role in the history of American Sign Language ASL poetics was documented in a 2009 film by Miriam Nathan Lerner entitled The Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox 3 In 1990 he began serving as editor to annual poetry magazine Napalm Health Spa 4 In 2009 Napalm Health Spa enjoyed its twentieth year of continuous publication In 2013 released an anthologic special edition of Napalm Health Spa entitled Long Poem Masterpieces of the Postbeats 5 His entry was Treasures For Heaven 6 Upon release of NHS13 poet David Cope suggested that Long Poem Masterpieces of the Postbeats is akin to Donald Allen s New American Poetry Grove Press 1960 in its scope and variety 7 In 1995 Jim began his recording career with The Abolitionists 8 a North Bay Area band that featured Mooka Rennick and guitarist Steve Kimock He began a solo recording artist career beginning with Unspoken Words in 1998 From 2006 2008 he worked on homage a spoken word and music recording made upon the death of his mother In 2009 he released Impermanence a double CD compilation In 1996 Jim began planning for an online poetry project that would explore Beat Generation influences on the Postbeat Poets In 1997 Jim founded the on line Museum of American Poetics In 1999 MAP became the first online poetry site to be mentioned in the New York Times Jim published his first collection of prose that same year exploring the theoretical parallels between ASL and modernist poetries in a book entitled Sign Mind Studies in American Sign Language Poetics 9 Jim s first video production the American Poet Greats series won the Best Multimedia Award from Community Television in Boulder Colorado for three year in a row 2001 2003 In 2003 Jim produced his first film a 55 minute profile on the life and poetic contributions of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics co founder Anne Waldman entitled Anne Waldman Makeup on Empty Space In a 2011 review of Cohn s Sutras amp Bardos Essays amp Interviews on Allen Ginsberg the Kerouac School Anne Waldman The Postbeat Poets amp the New Demotics Beat Studies scholar Jonah Raskin wrote Perhaps no one in the United States today understands and appreciates the poetic durability and the cultural elasticity of the Beats better than Jim Cohn 10 Bibliography EditTreasures for Heaven Collected Poems 1976 2021 2022 Giant Steps Press If 45 was 16 amp 16 was 45 2020 Museum of American Poetics Publications Chapbook Birthday News A Poemoscope 2018 Museum of American Poetics Publications The Ongoing Saga I Told My Daughter Expanded Edition 2016 Museum of American Poetics Publications The Groundless Ground 2014 Museum of American Poetics Publications Sutras amp Bardos Essays amp Interviews on Allen Ginsberg The Kerouac School Anne Waldman Postbeat Poets amp The New Demotics 2011 Museum of American Poetics Publications Mantra Winds 2010 Museum of American Poetics Publications The Ongoing Saga I Told My Daughter original edition 2009 Museum of American Poetics Publications Quien Sabe Mountain 2004 Museum of American Poetics Publications The Golden Body Meditations on the Essence of Disability 2003 Museum of American Poetics Publications Sign Mind Studies in American Sign Language Poetics 1999 Museum of American Poetics Publications The Dance of Yellow Lightning Over The Ridge 1998 Writers amp Books Publications Grasslands 1994 Writers amp Books Publications Prairie Falcon 1989 North Atlantic Books Green Sky 1980Discography EditVenerable Madtown Hall 2013 MusEx Records Commune 2013 MusEx Records Impermanence 2008 MusEx Records homage 2007 MusEx Records Trashtalking Country 2006 MusEx Records Emergency Juke Joint 2002 MusEx Records Antenna 2000 MusEx Records Unspoken Words 1998 MusEx Records Walking Thru Hell Gazing at Flowers 1996 MusEx Records The Road 1995 MusEx RecordsExternal links EditThis article s use of external links may not follow Wikipedia s policies or guidelines Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references January 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Official Site Museum of American Poetics farfalla press Logos Journal Project MUSE echo nyc Wesley Lake Poetry Picks The Best of 2004 A review of Antenna by Michael Basinski A review of Sign Mind Studies in American Sign Language Poetics by Christopher Krentz Interview with Rob Geisen Illiterate Magazine Review of Sutras amp Bardos Essays amp Interviews on Allen Ginsberg the Kerouac School Anne Waldman The Postbeat Poets amp the New Demotics by Jonah Raskin The Allen Ginsberg Project Allen Ginsberg discussing his poetry with ASL class on YouTubeReferences Edit The New Deaf Poetics Visible Poetry National Deaf Poetry Conference Blogger Online Lit Zines amp Anthologies N Napalm Health Spa 2013 Poems by Jim Cohn https www facebook com groups 65164414719 fref ts user generated source The Abolitionists Archived 2012 07 18 at archive today American Sign Language ASL poetry Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 04 25 Retrieved 2011 10 21 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Cohn amp oldid 1092819349, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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