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I’m still hoping to find a way to post here more often. I do miss my blogging days! However, I just heard this news about Will Alexander and wanted to post it here.

Poet Will Alexander is ill with cancer

from Harlequin Knights

As you may have heard, poet Will Alexander is quite ill with cancer and is
undergoing chemotherapy. He’s spent his life largely off the poetry grid,
taking on odd jobs, and has no financial support or, needless to say,
health insurance.

To send help directly to Will, send it to:
Will Alexander
400 South Lafayette Park Place, #307
Los Angeles, CA 90057

(I’ve edited the original post since Poets in Need seems only to offer limited assistance)

Long story short: I found a great deal on webhosting ($10 for a year + domain + tons of disk space), thus jikkenkobo was born.

Jikkenkobo (koubou) was a multidisciplinary group of artists founded by Toru Takemitsu and Joji Yuasa. From what I’ve discovered about them (they are seldom mentioned in any art history written in English, probably because they don’t fit the mold of ‘imitate and refine’ Japanese) they were a fairly domesticated lot, very unlike their cousins several years later in fluxus. That shouldn’t be discouraging though!

The name as I use it stems from about 2002. When I attempted to bring together a disparate group of artists in Tokyo, a very close friend suggested naming the group jikkenkobo as homage to the original group and its spirit. The name stuck even though the group fizzled after 2 or 3 meetings.