The Final Nite & Other Poems : Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle notebook, 1987-2006 [SIGNED]

Dalachinsky, Steven; with art by John D'Agostino

ISBN 10: 1933254157 / ISBN 13: 9781933254159

Published by Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2006

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247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book Condition: light signs of handling with faint wear to the extremities; binding very sound, interior clean and bright and unmarked. Warmly but cryptically inscribed by author: "For whomever is holding this book who are is Jack - all the bugs out of language into the music of the ears. Steve, Cornelia Street. 10/9/06." A lovely copy poetically inscribed. Accessed from assorted online sources: "Born in Brooklyn in 1946, much of the chronology of Dalachinsky's life and work is unclear. He had been publishing chapbooks and individual poems since at least the early 1980s; although the 2009 anthology Reaching into the Unknown contains writing that dates back to 1964, it wasn't until 2000 that he published his first full-length book of poems, A Superintendent's Eyes. He was a prolific reader and performer of his own work for much longer, however, and had appeared on at least three albums as a spoken-word artist. Dalachinsky claimed the influence of Kafka, Camus, Blake, and visual arts. "A Superintendent's Eyes" was based primarily on his years as the superintendent of a building in SoHo, where he lived for 40 years. "Avant-garde jazz is just one inspiration for my writing/poetry," he said in 2016, "though I admit it's been a big one." It was certainly the one that figured in his most acclaimed work: the groundbreaking 2006 collection The Final Nite, which consisted of poems written over 19 years-entirely at and about performances by saxophonist Charles Gayle. The book received a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award in 2007." From his obituary online on the wire: "Steve Dalachinsky died on 16 September 2019. Witnesses report that having attended Saturday's Sun Ra Arkestra concert shortly before his stroke, the legendary wiseass's last words were: Maybe I overdosed with Sun Ra.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Final Nite & Other Poems : Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle notebook, 1987-2006 [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933254157
• ISBN 13: 9781933254159
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Poetry. THE FINAL NITE chronicles, in verse, nearly two decades of work written while listening to live performances (studio dates included) by the extraordinary musician Charles Gayle. Including every poem written under these circumstances, the poems are for the most part spontaneous compositions that reflect, respond to, or incorporate elements of Gayle's music as well as his "speeches" and "sermons" and often relate, in an "open field" manner, to the actual physical environment where the music occurred. "Dalachinsky writes free jazz. He lives the music, and his poems capture its heat and illumination"--Francis Davis. "Steve Dalachinsky is a poet of the real world in a time when reality is despised, dismissed, not understood or lied about"--Amiri Baraka.

About the Author

Steve Dalachinsky was born in 1946, Brooklyn, New York. His work has appeared extensively in journals on & off line including; Big Bridge, Milk, Unlikely Stories, Xpressed, Ratapallax, Evergreen Review, Long Shot, Alpha Beat Soup, Xtant, Blue Beat Jacket, N.Y. Arts Magazine, 88 and Lost and Found Times. he is included in such anthologies as Beat Indeed, The Haiku Moment and the esteemed Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. He has written liner notes for the CDs of many artists including Anthony Braxton, Charles Gayle, James "Blood" Ulmer, Rashied Ali, Roy Campbell, Matthew Shipp and Roscoe Mitchell. His 1999 CD, Incomplete Direction (Knitting Factory Records), a collection of his poetry read in collaboration with various musicians, such as William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Thurston Moore (SonicYouth), Vernon Reid (Living Colour) has garnered much praise. His most recent chapbooks include Musicology (Editions Pioche, Paris 2005), Trial and Error in Paris (Loudmouth Collective 2003), Lautreamont's Laments (Furniture Press 2005), In Glorious Black and White (Ugly Duckling Presse 2005), St. Lucie (King of Mice Press 2005), Are We Not MEN & Fake Book (2 books of collage -8 Page Press 2005). Dream Book (Avantcular Press 2005). His books include A Superintendent's Eyes (Hozomeen Press 2000) and The Final Nite (complete notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, Ugly Duckling Presse 2006). His latest CD is Phenomena of Interference, a collaboration with pianist Matthew Shipp (Hopscotch Records 2005). He has read throughout the N.Y. area, the U.S., Japan and Europe, including France and Germany.