Hedwig Gorski with blues singer Babe Stoval Mississippi 1973

Hedwig Irene Gorski (born July 18, 1949) is an American performance poet and an

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artist who labels her aesthetic as "American futurism." The term "performance poetry," a precursor to

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, is attributed to her. It originated in press releases for experimental spoken word and conceptual theater Gorski created during 1979. She is a first-generation

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academic scholar and accomplished creative writer. The innovative poetry, prose, drama, and audio works are published and produced in a variety of media using standard and experimental forms.

Biography

A first-generation American citizen, born in

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) following

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, where two aunts and a grandmother were murdered by Ukrainian partisans. Her father joined the

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when aged fourteen, and later the United States Army, arriving with his family in the U.S. in 1949 on the ''General Sturgis'', which docked in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. Her father did electrical work in Napoleonville before moving to

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. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Canada, she moved with her first husband to

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in 1977. She is married to her second husband, composer D'Jalma Garnier.

Career

Her public career began in New Orleans during 1973, illustrating for the infamous ''

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and hawking the new issues on the corner. The archives of ''NOLA Express'' are now housed in the

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. Gorski and

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are two of the most notable contributors to the ''NOLA Express''. There, she befriended Delta blues musician Babe Stovall and often kept him company while he performed for tourists in Jackson Square receiving tips into his open guitar case. A video of them at

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was made but lost. Soon after moving to Austin, she divorced and began her poetry and theater careers in earnest by falling into the " mospheric landscape of the town that summoned and intoxicated so many beloved ... artists of the time toward intense self-actualization." She completed, produced, and directed a

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script with the title ''Booby, Mama!'' that is an inventive form she named "neo-verse drama". The art

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of the production states that the verse play was based on a

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cut-up form of writing made famous by

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. The memoir titled ''Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street'' details the events in 1978 that are described as the birth of performance poetry as an American regional avant-garde joining the activity of the body to the

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power of utterance and intent.

The conceptual process ... seems impossible to pull off. There was no money, and it used 'found' text and 'street' actors ... filled with existential angst living on the fringes of society.

She never claimed close ties to the

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, but feminists reportedly consider her work to contain powerful statements about the disparity caused by

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and

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in the United States. The images in her poetry are womanly and challenge what is

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according to the feminist dictum of the time, and they reflect a protest against the complacency and inaction of artists and non-conformists. She had close ties with

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, whose book ''Borderlands/La Frontera'' is considered a major work in Chicana feminist theory, Ricardo Sánchez, and raúlrsalinas, often performing with them at Resistencia

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and elsewhere. During the Annual Polish American Historical Association (PAHA) conference in

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in 2008, Gorski read from "Mexico Solo", a long

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that she used to introduce how Polish Americans are more closely related to all 'hyphenated' minority cultures than to the majority American

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culture. On the conference panel,

poets Stephen Lewandowski and Joseph Lisowski discussed how blatant discrimination and negative

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circulated by Polish

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plagued their childhoods. She calls these persecuted groups "invisible minorities" in the United States because they are often of European heritage. Gorski's writing and career aligns with the struggles of all disadvantaged groups suffering from the hidden class warfare inside

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, and for this she has been called the "American

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" from whom her motto "poetry is a hammer" is adapted.

Performance poet

When

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first heard an audio cassette of Gorski with East of Eden Band, he told New York poet Michael Vecchio that it was the best band he had heard. Vecchio is one of those featured in the Poets Audio Anthology Project, Vol. II, along with

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and many other performing poets Gorski collected and produced.

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writers and radio programmers were intrigued with poetry and music collaboration, but few practitioners dedicated their careers to doing only oral poetry and music, as did Gorski. Gorski has called herself a "performance poet" in

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s and

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when describing what she did with East of Eden.Lesley Wheeler. ''Voicing American Poetry: Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present.'' Cornell University Press, 2008. p. 172; She first coined the term " performance poetry" to name her style of writing poetry for

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presentation, instead of for print publication, in a 1981 press release. The term was widely adopted to name the new

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by later practitioners in the mid-1980s, which is distinct within and parallel to the following practices:

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, slam, poetry readings, performed poetry, and

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Populist writer

Gorski sees poets in American society as a disenfranchised minority group with a history of prosecution by the American government for obscenity when exercising the freedom of speech. "Experimental and avant-garde artists and poets were demonized during the early 1990s by the efforts of a conservative agenda to eliminate funding for the

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(NEA) during the late 1980s and to remove art studies from primary education." She produced and funded projects to distribute works of performance-oriented literature outside the "mainstream". She also promoted and nurtured literature opposed to the

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. She was a founding writer for ''

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'' in 1980 initiating and naming the ''Litera'' column that discussed readings, books, and other matters of importance related to non-mainstream,

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, and small press literature, especially poetry.

Scholar

After her career in performance poetry during the 1980s, Gorski entered

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in the

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and was awarded a doctorate, Ph.D. in

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, in 2001. In 2003–04, Gorski lectured on minority American literature at the

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in Poland as a

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and spent five months traveling to various locations, including Ukraine. While backstage at

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's concert in

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, she met

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. She made an appearance at the Cafe Krzysztofory in

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in 2004 for the

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and the French Institute in

before returning to the United States. Hedwig&Vaclav Havel Prague backstage Dylan concert cropped small

Accomplishments

She coined the term " Performance Poetry" in the early 1980s after initiating and writing the "Litera" column for the ''

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'' in an effort to distinguish her performed poetry from performance art. She was also one of the founding writers on the ''Austin Chronicle'', which helped to promote the vibrant "music capital of the world" that Austin, the capital of Texas, had become. Along with the growth of the music scene, a multi-ethnic theater, literature, and art community began to coalesce during the 1970s. This is the environment from which Gorski's work grew from its mysterious underground, what she calls a "pedestrian

". Gorski's live broadcast performances on

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were recorded and distributed to radio stations internationally. They became part of the 1980s Indie audio cassette/radio station network offering alternatives to commercial music. Her literature-based broadcast audio increased the popularity of performance poetry, the genre she named to describe her own work: literature-based poetry written for performance only and not for print publication. East of Eden, formed of professional

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musicians, was successful because the music and poetry were melded together exclusively for performance. Gorski's spoken vocals have been described as bringing her "eerie" voicing as close to singing as possible without actually singing. The compositions written for each poem by D'Jalma Garnier ranged from

to country and western to

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Style

Unlike the Beats, Gorski wrote her stylized

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and moody

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only for performance with the music composed by D'Jalma Garnier specifically for each poem. The poetry was meant for

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distribution only, especially for the radio (as opposed to print). Her radical

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background influenced her fondness for performance

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and the concept behind the manner of distribution. Though she received a degree in painting from the

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(NSCAD) in Canada, she did not like the elitism of the

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circuit. She transferred her love of images into a poetics that also incorporated the anti-capitalist, socialist un-doings found in performance art and conceptual art. Gorski, along with

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, is considered one of the most notable graduates of NSCAD. She was directly influenced by

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's "

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". They had a friendly enmity after he jeered one of her early readings at Naropa University during the Jack Kerouac Disembodied Poetics Conference in the 1980s. One of her early idols was

because she admired the " surreal images and obscured meanings in a language that rolled off the tongue." The passion and flow in the vocals matched those she heard on reel-to-reel tapes by Dylan Thomas, the Welsh poet who initially inspired her. Bob Dylan came to Gorski's final reading/performance in Austin at the Mexic-Arte Museum's Acoustic Festival in late 1992 after his concert at the Austin Opry House. Hedwig Gorski & actor Peter Storemare in Prague 2003

Hedwig Gorski & actor Peter Storemare in Prague 2003

Publications and recordings

The first publication of her performance poems is titled ''Snatches of the Visible Unreal'' from Backyard Press, which is also the title of her first audio cassette recording. Another chapbook titled ''Polish Gypsy with Ghost'' contains a vinyl recording. The second audio cassette release is titled ''East of Eden Band'', for which Gorski used the name Hedwig G-G. Her poems received music lyric awards, rather than literature awards, though she never sang. In a career that eschewed elitism, she used her own success to help produce and promote the recording of other non-academic vocal poets including raúlrsalinas,

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, and Joy Cole. Several other print collections of poetry were produced in limited additions, including ''Early breakfast with Hedwig Gorski'' and ''The East of Eden Band Songbook''. A remastered CD, containing a selection of radio recordings by Gorski and East of Eden from live broadcasts was released in 2009, called ''Send in the Clown''. The archival and remastered recordings by Hedwig Gorski® and East of Eden Band along with a radio drama, ''Thirteen Donuts'', which she wrote and directed for KRVS-FM and simulcast on the web, are available for download on iTunes. A more extensive listing of creative and scholarly publications and productions by the artist-poet is available online (se
Hedwig Gorski's online CV
with permission request from official website).

Awards

* 2011 Finalist in 2011

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* 2004 Southern Artistry Award * 2003 Fulbright Scholar at

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, Poland * 2002 Artist Fellowship in Audio Media,

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Division of the Arts * 2001 Robert and Bernice Webb Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching – Advanced Level. Department of English, University of Louisiana * 2001 National Audio Theatre Festivals Script Writing Competition, for ''Thirteen Donuts'' * 1994 Producer Fellowship from Corporation for Public Broadcasting at WWOZ, New Orleans * 1990 Commemoration of International Women's Day Certificate on the occasion of a University Co-Op Book Signing Honoring Women Authors * 1987 Best Use of Language Judges Award for performance poem "Mexico Solo" in Austin Music Umbrella Annual Songwriters Competition * 1986 Honorable Mention for performance poem "Glitter Streets" in Austin Music Umbrella Annual Songwriters Competition

Works

Audio recordings

* ''13 Donuts''. CD. Original Broadcast Oct. 13, 2000 on KRVS-FM. Performed by Honors Players, U of Louisiana. Oct. 13, 2010. * "Slow Paradise". Podcast by Mongo. Show Number 962. Wed., September 29, 2010." * "To My Last Idol

". Podcast by Mongo. Show Number 714. Wed., June 9, 2010. * "Mexico Solo". Podcast by Mongo. Show Number 623. Mon., November 9, 2009. * ''Send in the Clown''. Selected Performance Poetry from Live Radio Broadcasts. CD 2009 * East of Eden Band. KUT-FM Live Set. Recording and broadcast,

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1985 * "Intellectual Love", "Slow Paradise", "There's Always Something That Can Make You Happy", all from East of Eden's album ''Intimacies''.

Live Set. Recording and broadcast. University of Texas at Austin 1986 * ''Snatches of the Visible Unreal''. Duets by Hedwig Gorski and D'Jalma Garnier. Directed by Morgan Guidry, 1984

Video recordings

* "Teenager in Nova Scotia." Video Illustrated Poetry. Producer PerfectoMedia 2010 * "Rising Melodic Chords." Poem by Hedwig Gorski Deconstructed by Composer D'Jalma Garnier 2008 * "Teenager in Nova Scotia." Dial-A-Poet Series. Dir. Karen Minzer. Fort Worth 1990

Theater

* ''Thirteen Donuts''. By Hedwig Gorski. Dir. William Davies. Perf. Honors Players. KRVS-FM Radio, Lafayette. LouisianaRadio.com. Oct. 13, 2000. * ''Booby, Mama!''. By Hedwig Gorski. Dir. Hedwig Gorski. Perf. Ex Troupe. InterArt Works, Austin. March–April 1977.

Publications

Poetry

* ''Hi to Heaven: Best-Loved Performance Poems in English & Polish''. Trans. by Janusz Zalewski. 2015. * ''Poetique: Speak-Songbook''. College Station: Slough P, Feb. 2010. . Semi-finalist for Balcones Prize (with CD). * ''Deconstruction of Rising Melodic Chords, Hedwig Gorski Poem.'' Composer, D'Jalma Garnier. ''Toxic Poetry''. Second Issue. Exhibition No. 2. Jan. 2010. * "Drunken Savior," "Mood Indigo." ''Toxic Poetry''. Premier Issue. Exhibition No. 1. Aug. 2009. * ''Karawane''. No.10. Excerpts from neo-verse drama poem for voices Booby, Mama! 2009. (PDF) * "Mexico Solo." Polish American Historical Association Conference. Commemorative Broadside. Ed. Janusz Zalewski. 2008. * "White Colonnade Façade." Art Mag 29.

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: Limited Editions P, 2006. * "Zawsze jest coś, co może uczynić cię szczęśliwym." Trans. Janusz Zalewski. ''Novo Okolica Poetów'', 18–19. Rzeszow,

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: 2005, 58–60. * ''Polish Gypsy with Ghost''. Austin: Shinebone P, 1993. * "Slow Paradise." Poem Broadside. Photo by Mark Christal. Austin: Shinebone P, 1992. * ''Early Breakfast with Hedwig Gorski''. Austin: Perfection Productions, 1992. * ''Snatches of the Visible Unreal''. Austin: Backyard P, 1991.

Drama

* ''The Waste Land Scripted for 44 Voices''. Jadzia Books. 2018. * ''Beasts and Saints: One-Act Play''. Jadzia Books. 2015. * ''13 Donuts: An Original Radio Drama with a Multi-Cultural Twist''. Jadzia Books. 2015. * ''Booby, Mama!: Surreal Cut-Up Spoken Word, 1977''. Jadzia Books. 2015. * ''Thirteen Donuts''. National Audio Theatre Festivals Annual Scriptbook 2001. Ed. Brian Price. Hempstead: NATF, 2001. 87–105.

Memoir

* ''Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street''. College Station, TX: Slough P, 2007, 2009.

References

External links

An Interview with artist-poet Hedwig Gorski, a multifaceted avant-garde artist of "American futurism"
Interview 2013 by Greece Blues site Michalis Limnios BLUES @ GREECE.
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1978 Women's Dada Theater Verse Drama *

Poem audio "From Box to Living Room to Box"
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''Intoxication: Heathcliff on Powell Street''
Hedwig Gorski
Video excerpt from East of Eden available online
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Mark Christal's Photos of Poets and Jack Kerouac Conference
Hedwig Gorski
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IndieFeed: Performance Poetry : Hedwig Gorski - Mexico Solo
Podcast from Wess Mongo Jolley, The IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorski, Hedwig 1949 births American performance artists American spoken word artists Artists from New Orleans American contemporary artists Artists from Austin, Texas Writers from New Orleans American people of Polish descent Postmodern writers American radio writers American women poets Writers from Austin, Texas Poets from New Jersey Living people NSCAD University alumni University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni Outlaw poets 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century American women writers Women radio writers Fulbright alumni