I enjoyed this interview with Ron Padgett. the historicity bubbles up, his connection to long dead artists like Berrigan and Brainard, not that he isn't vital now. LANGUAGE poets carry a sort of apres le deluge feeling, not speaking of the work but the now firmly formed reputations of its actual members. even flarf and younger groups are developing this Aspern Papers aura. Olson died less than a year before I 1st heard of him. what does this add up to? the boundaries of time and age are pretty permeable, I guess. at least, they ought to be. Kyger seems pretty vital now, tho her generation is dying off. I liked hearing Padgett declare that he recently went back and read all of Marvell (not the comix) and plans on revisiting Herbert. there is no such thing as today's poetry. not to say there are no fat Elvis's out there, sliding.