| 词条 | John Barton Wolgamot |
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John Barton Wolgamot (born circa 1910? - died sometime during or after 1980) was an American outsider poet who is primarily remembered for his experimental book-length poem "In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women." (1944) BiographyWolgamot was not a professional writer; he ran a movie theater for a living. In Sarah was published in a very small run financed by the author.[1] The information normally included in a published book for the era (e.g., mailing address for the publisher, Library of Congress number) was missing. Wolgot sent two copies of the book to H.L. Mencken, an influential journalist and critic of the early 20th Century, evidently hoping for a positive review. Mencken's brief notes scribbled in one of the books dismissed the poem as "balderdash". Both copies of In Sarah were donated to the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore upon Mencken's 1956 death, along with most of his private library. Wolgamot's work captured the imagination of several young poets and critics when the poem was discovered in a second-hand shop in the 1950s by then-graduate student Keith Waldrop. Waldrop and Robert Ashley tracked down Wolgamot in mid-1973, finding him living in New York City and describing him as "an old-fashioned spiffy dresser" in his 60s. He had written no further works after In Sarah, but named Waldrop the executor of his estate in gratitude for Waldrop's bringing his work to wider attention.[2] In a 1980 letter to Waldrop, Wolgamot claimed to be working on a new book but no such book was found among his possessions after Waldrop's death. LegacyWolgamot’s status as a cult figure has been enhanced in recent decades by musical compositions by Robert Ashley and American instrumental group Tortoise in which his work, if not celebrated outright, is heavily referenced. References1. ^Robert Ashley and Keith Waldrop (2001). John Barton Wolgamot, NY: Lovely Music Press, {{ISBN|0967997410}} ==External links==2. ^Ashley & Waldrop, 2001
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