We Are Art People in conversation with Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles (they/them) is a poet, novelist, activist, art journalist and a 1992 presidential candidate. They have been living in New York City since the mid-70s and now spilts their time between Marfa,TX.

We discuss the tension of poetry, the movements of the planets and their relationship to poetry, reading to a live audience and the power of 3x cakes and 3x rounds of "Happy Birthday", sung at their 75th celebration in Marfa, TX.

They have an excellent website which offers a very short / kind of short / really long bio options to read, including a homage to Animals. Eileen has been publishing books since 1978, recognized for their vernacular personal-narrative writing and titles include Chelsea Girls, Not Me, Pathetic Literature and The importance of being Iceland. They have made a formative contribution to the The Poetry Project, have contributed poems and others works to Art Forum, New York Review, Vice, Dazed and Confused, The New York Times, Playboy et al. Catalog essasy have been written about artists including Nicole Eisenman, Carolee Schneeman, Tabboo! Nan Goldin, and Jack Pierson. Using their platform to speak towards our social climate, Eileen’s participation in the world remains accountable. In 2022, they were inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Letters.

Links:

https://www.eileenmyles.com/

Social: @eileen.myles

Show notes:

'Eileen Myles chronicles a people's history of East River Park' Document Journal https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/07/eileen-myles-chronicles-a-peoples-history-of-east-river-park/

The Trip, Written and Directed by Eileen Myles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcdaUy6JfE

The Poetry Project https://www.poetryproject.org/

Onomatopoeia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia

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