{"id":19714,"date":"2016-01-24T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T18:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=19714"},"modified":"2016-01-24T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T20:03:05","slug":"carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html","title":{"rendered":"Carl Weissner: Master Writer,  Cherished Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>A great one died four years ago today.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/01\/carl-weissner-cherished-by-friends-and-colleagues.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html\/cw-memorial-560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" data-orig-size=\"560,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carl Weissner (June 19, 1940 &amp;#8211; Jan. 24, 2012)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560-300x104.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" alt=\"Carl Weissner (June 19, 1940 - Jan. 24, 2012)\" width=\"560\" height=\"195\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2117\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/carl-weissner-in-books-and-pamphlets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2117\" data-attachment-id=\"2117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;The Braille Film&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [Nova Broadcast Press, 1970]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nova Broadcast Press, San Francisco, 1970&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272-193x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2117\" title=\"'The Braille Film' by Carl Weissner [Nova Broadcast Press, 1970]\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nova Broadcast<br \/><font size=2>San Francisco, 1970<\/font><\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2121\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/05\/2167.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2121\" data-attachment-id=\"2121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/1-death-in-paris-thumb-280x424-21274\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Death in Paris&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [realitystudio.org, 2007]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;realitystudio.org, 2007&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274-198x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2121\" title=\"'Death in Paris' by Carl Weissner [realitystudio.org, 2007; doll no mori, 2012]\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"220\"\/ ><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doll No Mori<br \/>2012<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2110\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2110\" data-attachment-id=\"2110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-21248-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Manhattan Muffdiver&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2010]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milena Verlag, Vienna, 2010&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481-210x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2110\" title=\"'Manhattan Muffdiver' by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2010]\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Muffdivercover-thumb-280x400-212481.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Milena Verlag<br \/><font size=2> Vienna, 2010<\/font><\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_2105\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2105\" data-attachment-id=\"2105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Die Abenteuer von Trashman&amp;#8217; (The Adventures of Trashman) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2011]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milena Verlag, Vienna, 2011&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237-210x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2105\" title=\"'Die Abenteuer von Trashman' (The Adventures of Trashman) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2011]\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Milena Verlag<br \/><font size=2> Vienna, 2011<\/font><\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_19729\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=beastie_books&#038;show_details=173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19729\" data-attachment-id=\"19729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html\/eine-andere-front-cover-140\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"140,224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Eine Andere Liga&amp;#8217; (&amp;#8216;A Different League&amp;#8217;) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2013]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Eine Andere Liga&amp;#8217;&lt;br \/&gt; (&amp;#8216;A Different League&amp;#8217;)&lt;br \/&gt;Milena Verlag, 2013)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Eine Andere Liga&#039; (&#039;A Different League&#039;) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2013]\" width=\"140\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19729\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milena Verlag<br \/><font size=2>Vienna, 2013<\/font><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCarl was also a \u201clittle magazine\u201d editor, a radio playwright, <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.dnb.de\/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&#038;query=107849410\">German translator<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/bibliography-of-carl-weissner-translations\/\">more than 100 books<\/a> (but principally of Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs, Nelson Algren and J.G. Ballard, also of Frank Zappa and Allen Ginsberg), and a literary agent who spread the work of dissident writers even further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great one died four years ago today. Carl was also a \u201clittle magazine\u201d editor, a radio playwright, German translator of more than 100 books (but principally of Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs, Nelson Algren and J.G. Ballard, also of Frank Zappa and Allen Ginsberg), and a literary agent who spread the work of dissident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-literature","8":"category-political-culture","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PORTRAIT-OF-CARL-BY-MONTFORT-NACHTMASCHIN220-copy.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-57Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19714"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19766,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19714\/revisions\/19766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}