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Eileen Myles has written thousands of poems since she gave her first reading at New York City’s CBGB in 1974. Once a part of the renowned St. Mark's Poetry project, Myles comes from the traditions of Patti Smith and Allen Ginsberg. She’s read to audiences at colleges, performance spaces, and bookstores across America and around the world.
In this intimate interview with a fellow poet, Myles discusses the state of women and poetry, her time with the touring literary group Sister Spit, and the New York poetry scene. Myles also reads two poems.
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Eileen Myles has written thousands of poems since she gave her first reading at New York City’s CBGB in 1974. Once a part of the renowned St. Mark's Poetry project, Myles comes from the traditions of Patti Smith and Allen Ginsberg. She’s read to audiences at colleges, performance spaces, and bookstores across America and around the world.
In this intimate interview with a fellow poet, Myles discusses the state of women and poetry, her time with the touring literary group Sister Spit, and the New York poetry scene. Myles also reads two poems.
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