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Begun two decades ago as a tanka sequence dedicated to Roy
Lichtenstein, R. W. Watkins's Waka-Cola is the long-awaited fourth
title in the Poetical Perspectives series from Nocturnal Iris.
Throughout the volume, Watkins pays tribute to most of the major
American masters of 1950s and '60s pop art and neo-dada, utilising
the Japanese tanka-or waka-form of poetry to emulate their styles
and concepts. Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg,
Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, George Segal and
Ray Johnson are celebrated ever so imaginatively by Watkins, all
the while adhering to the traditional 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure.
The result is a short collection that both demonstrates the poet's
ability to transcend the perceived limits of the waka form, and
serves as a poetic reflexion of the mid 20th century New York art
scene. Highly visual in their application and pop-cultural in their
subject matter, these poems foreshadow similar projects forthcoming
in the PP series; so watch this space....
In 1974, Laird Koenig published the novel The Little Girl Who Lives
Down The Lane. A film version, directed by Nicolas Gessner and
starring Jodie Foster, appeared two years later. A dramatic
adaptation by Mr. Koenig was published decades after in 1997.
Considered a one-of-a-kind thriller and cult classic, TLGWLDTL now
undergoes a considerably extensive analysis by Canadian poet R. W.
Watkins. A longtime fan of writer Koenig and actress Foster,
Watkins examines the story from various angles, pointing out its
Judeo/Christian themes, Holocaust symbolism, film continuity
errors, similarities to Ayn Rand's objectivism, etc. Many of these
essays originally appeared in Watkins's 2003 fanzine Cellar.
Watkins drew upon TLGWLDTL for his 2005 haiku chapbook, New England
Country Farmhouse. The introductory essay from that volume is
collected in this book. Rewardingly eccentric, View From The Cellar
is essential reading for any hardcore fan of Koenig's tale and
1970s pop culture in general.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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