Homage to Etel Adnan

Compiled on the occasion of Arab American poet and painter Etel Adnan’s receipt of Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, Homage to Etel Adnan is a collection of original writings composed in tribute by friends, colleagues and admirers of Etel Adnan and her work. A powerful convergence of creative minds working in dialog with Etel Adnan as axis and access point.

A poet and writer, Steve Dickison is editor and publisher of the poetry press Listening Chamber, and with David Meltzer, co-edited Shuffle Boil, an occasional music magazine with poet, artist, and musician contributors. He is director of The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University.

Lindsey Boldt is the co-editor of Homage to Etel Adnan, published by The Post-Apollo Press in 2012.

Samantha Giles co-edited Homage to Etel Adnan and is the author of deadfalls and snares (Futurepoem Books, 2014). She is the director of Small Press Traffic and lives in Oakland, California.