{"id":47854,"date":"2021-09-10T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=47854"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:47:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:47:25","slug":"heathcote-williamss-credo-if-poetry-isnt-revolutionary-its-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/09\/heathcote-williamss-credo-if-poetry-isnt-revolutionary-its-nothing.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"+1\"><em>Heathcote Williams&#8217;s Credo<\/em><\/font> <br>&#8216;If Poetry Isn&#8217;t Revolutionary, It&#8217;s Nothing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/juggling-ghosts-the-array-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,416\" 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=\"Juggling Ghosts &amp;#8211; the array (365)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365-263x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47851\" width=\"163\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-array-365-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a collectors alert. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openheadpress.co.uk\/history\/\">Open Head Press<\/a> is about to release <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openheadpress.co.uk\/book\/\">Juggling Ghosts<\/a>,<\/em> a series of pamphlets of previously published poems and essays by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openheadpress.co.uk\/biography\/\">Heathcote Williams<\/a> in a slipcased, numbered edition of 500 copies about his encounters \u2014 live and otherwise \u2014 with William Burroughs, Harold Pinter, Dylan Thomas, Sinclair Beiles, Christopher Marlowe,  Lord Buckley, Christopher Smart, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Michael Lesser, Alan Turing, Diogenes of Synope, William Blake and the Tigers of Wrath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openheadpress.co.uk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"417\" data-attachment-id=\"47853\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/juggling-ghosts-the-announcement-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,417\" 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=\"Juggling Ghosts &amp;#8211; the announcement (750)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750-300x167.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47853\" title=\"CLICK TO ENLARGE.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Juggling-Ghosts-the-announcement-750-360x200.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a collectors alert. 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