Difference between pages "E.E. Cummings" and "John Cooper Clarke"

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'''Edward Estlin Cummings''' (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as ''"e.e. cummings"'' (in the style of some of his poems), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright.  
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'''John Cooper Clarke''' (1949) is a British performance poet, who rose to fame during the [[punk]] period in the 1970s and 1980s.  
  
Cummings is best known for his novel ''"The Enormous Room" (1922)''. He wrote satirical and controversial poems and experimented with the syntax, punctuation, typography, words, phrases and sentences.
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Zappa played Clarke's ''"[[Psycle Sluts]]"'' (1978) as guest DJ on ''[[WPIX, New York]]'' (21 November 1979) and again in 1980 during the ''[[Star Special]]'' on BBC Radio 1.  
 
 
During a 1988 interview with Thierry Ardisson the journalist asked Zappa some questions from Marcel Proust's questionnaire. When he asked Zappa to name his favorite poet Zappa answered ''"E.E. Cummings"''.  <ref>http://www.donlope.net//fz/videos/1988-05-27_Bains_de_minuit.html</ref>
 
 
 
==Notes==
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:E.E. Cummings]]
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* [[Wikipedia:John Cooper Clarke]]
  
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Latest revision as of 15:13, 27 January 2025

John Cooper Clarke (1949) is a British performance poet, who rose to fame during the punk period in the 1970s and 1980s.

Zappa played Clarke's "Psycle Sluts" (1978) as guest DJ on WPIX, New York (21 November 1979) and again in 1980 during the Star Special on BBC Radio 1.

See also