BENJAMIN FRIEDLANDER/CHARLES OLSON NOW

"To continue Olson's work, as distinct from merely reproducing it, we must set aside the tendency, in reading Olson, to become ourselves "Olsonian." Mimicking his stylistic habits or taking up his particular interests or attitudes or concepts is not the best of even a proper sign of homage. Whatever we take from him must be examined carefully and reconsidered, made fit to serve our own location, historically, on earth, and in language."

(thx AV)