Four LecturesStephen Rodefer Stephen Rodefer was an innovative, singular American writera student of Charles Olsons often associated with the Language poets but whose eclectic, energetic verse defies categorization and embraces a worldly lyricism all Rodefers own. Four Lecturesfirst published in 1982 by Geoffrey Youngs legendary press The Figures and long out of printis widely considered to be his masterpiece. It is a book of four long poems that explore the

Some if not all of these poems are a song

Translated by Jeffrey Angles

to Abomey and the Dahomeyan Amazons

Indisch Californië maakt plaats voor de zwarte parelstranden van Columbus en uiteindelijk voert het spoor naar de Zeeuwse oester­putten

Tatsuhiko Ishii (trans

waarbij steeds geldt: het is brille versus branie

While arguing with the radio may seem futile

Poets have no words ‘of their very own

There’s nothing for me to say

while preserving Horace’s abrupt shifts in tone as well as his affection for the minute and ordinary

Haar verdriet

upon its release in France in May 1968