The Project for Innovative Poetry
If you are reading this, you have (perhaps unknowingly) visited The Project for Innovative Poetry, a program of Green Integer publications devoted to a wide range of what might be described as “innovative” poetry writing, expanded to include poets outside of that limited rubric as well.
The idea behind the Project by its founder, writer, editor, and publisher Douglas Messerli is seen as an attempt to gather, in coherent form, biographies, complete bibliographical listings in both the original languages and in English translation, and a selection of poems by over 2000 major international poets from the turn of the 20th century to the present. To date the Project has gathered in anthologies (published by Green Integer) about 600 informational sites on poets, poetic groups, presses, magazines, critics, and numerous other related poetic organizations, along with extensive linkings to internet essays, sound recordings, films, and other commentary aimed at helping students, scholars, and general readers to comprehend the interrelatedness and potential connectivity of poets and writers of/about poetry throughout the world. The listings attempt to be as inclusive as possible, and encourage writers and scholars to contribute to original postings and the updating of its entries. The site also embraces its Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry in the English Language, annual selections of new poems by older and younger poets in English language magazines.
The PIP publications and its site, informed by a group of 50 international figures—which over the years have represented some of the most notable poets and critics of the 20th and 21st century—, encourages not only scholarly study, but attempts to make available its extensive archives and links to high school and university courses, offering students and their teachers an intelligent and inexpensive alternative to classroom teaching by giving students informed summaries about poets, evaluation of some of those figures, and a selection of their poems for no cost. To date, the PIP (the acronym of the Project) has had over a million visitors from nearly every country to its site, along with thousands of book sales for its several PIP anthologies. In several cases the Project has also posted free and low-priced books available through PDF files. The Project is directed by Douglas Messerli.
Below we have listed the current advisory members of our board, along with those members now deceased.
members of our advisory board:
Douglas Messerli (USA) Director
Adonis (Syria/Lebanon)
Demosthenes Agrafiotis (Greece) Rae Armantrout (USA)
Régis Bonvicino (Brazil)
Coral Bracho (Mexico)
Bei Dao (China/lives Hong Kong)
Charles Bernstein (USA)
Nicole Brossard (Canada/writes in French)
Remco Campert (Netherlands)
Antonio Colinas (Spain)
Maurizio Cucchi (Italy)
Tua Förstrom (Finland)
Charles Bernstein (USA)
Nicole Brossard (Canada/writes in French)
Remco Campert (Netherlands)
Antonio Colinas (Spain)
Maurizio Cucchi (Italy)
Tua Förstrom (Finland)
Lilianne Giraudon (France)
Lars Gustafsson (Sweden)
Oscar Hahn (Chile)
Paal-Helge Haugen (Norway)
Lyn Hejinian (USA)
Ranjat Hoskote (India)
Jóhann Hjálmarsson (Iceland)
Susan Howe (USA)
Xi Murong (Hsi Muren) (b. China/Taiwan)
Martin Nakell (USA)
Giulia Niccolai (Italy)
Michael Palmer (USA)
Marjorie Perloff (USA)
Meredith Quartermain (Canada)
Reina María Rodriquez (Cuba)
Jerome Rothenberg (USA)
Jacques Roubaud (France)
Claude Royet-Journoud (France)
Robin Blaser (b. USA/Canada)
André du Bouchet (France)
Aimé Cesaire (Martinique)
Haroldo de Campos (Brazil)
Inger Christensen (Denmark)
Robert Creeley (USA)
Jacques Derrida (France)
Arkadii Dragomoschenko (Russia)
Barbara Guest (USA)
Fiama Hasse de Pais Brandão (Portugal)
Miroslav Holub (Czech Republic)
Lars Gustafsson (Sweden)
Oscar Hahn (Chile)
Paal-Helge Haugen (Norway)
Lyn Hejinian (USA)
Ranjat Hoskote (India)
Jóhann Hjálmarsson (Iceland)
Susan Howe (USA)
Xi Murong (Hsi Muren) (b. China/Taiwan)
María Negroni (Argentina)
Maggie O’Sullivan (England)
Susanne Jorn (Denmark)
Ko Un (South Korea)
Reiner Kunze (DDR/Germany)
Susanne Jorn (Denmark)
Ko Un (South Korea)
Reiner Kunze (DDR/Germany)
Oleh Lysheha (Ukraine)
Martin Nakell (USA)
Giulia Niccolai (Italy)
Leonard Nolens (Belgium/writes in Dutch)
Michael Palmer (USA)
Marjorie Perloff (USA)
Meredith Quartermain (Canada)
Reina María Rodriquez (Cuba)
Jerome Rothenberg (USA)
Jacques Roubaud (France)
Claude Royet-Journoud (France)
Said (b. Iran/Germany)
Tomaž Šalamun (b. Croatia/Slovenia)
Roberto Sosa (Honduras)
Takahshi Mutsuo (Japan)
Paul Vangelisti (USA)
Rosmarie Waldrop (USA)
Yang Lian (China/New Zealand)
Yoshimasu Gōzō (Japan)
Visar Zhiti (Albania)
Tomaž Šalamun (b. Croatia/Slovenia)
Roberto Sosa (Honduras)
Takahshi Mutsuo (Japan)
Paul Vangelisti (USA)
Rosmarie Waldrop (USA)
Yang Lian (China/New Zealand)
Yoshimasu Gōzō (Japan)
Visar Zhiti (Albania)
former members [deceased]
Ilse Aichinger (Austria)
Anne-Marie Albiach (France)
David Antin (USA)
John Ashbery (USA)
Ece Ayhan (Turkey)John Ashbery (USA)
Robin Blaser (b. USA/Canada)
André du Bouchet (France)
Aimé Cesaire (Martinique)
Haroldo de Campos (Brazil)
Inger Christensen (Denmark)
Robert Creeley (USA)
Jacques Derrida (France)
Arkadii Dragomoschenko (Russia)
Barbara Guest (USA)
Fiama Hasse de Pais Brandão (Portugal)
Miroslav Holub (Czech Republic)
Philippe Jacottet (Switzerland)
Sarah Kirsch (DDR/Germany)
Gerrit Kouwenaar (Netherlands)
Günter Kunert (DDR/Germany)
Mario Luzi (Italy)
Jackson Mac Low (USA)
Nāzik al-Malā’ika (Iraq)
Mario Luzi (Italy)
Jackson Mac Low (USA)
Nāzik al-Malā’ika (Iraq)
Christopher Middleton (England/lives USA)
Friedericke Mayröcker (Austria)
Oskar Pastior (Romania/Germany)
Carl Rakosi (USA)
Gonzalo Rojas (Chile)
Edoardo Sanguineti (Italy)
Abraham Sutzkevver (Lithuania/Israel)
Manuel Ulacia (Mexico)
Saül Yurkievich (Argentina)
Andrea Zanzotto (Italy)
Oskar Pastior (Romania/Germany)
Carl Rakosi (USA)
Gonzalo Rojas (Chile)
Edoardo Sanguineti (Italy)
Abraham Sutzkevver (Lithuania/Israel)
Manuel Ulacia (Mexico)
Saül Yurkievich (Argentina)
Andrea Zanzotto (Italy)