The Naomi Poems by Saint Geraud (aka bill knott)
"Several of Bill Knott’s former colleagues at Emerson College have confirmed that Bill passed away yesterday from complications with surgery. The inventive, subversive, and immensely influential poet was 74. Knott was the author of more than an a dozen poetry books and had more recently taken to publishing all of his work, for free, online. His first book, The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans, was published in 1968 under the pseudonym 'Saint Geraud' and came on the heels of the poet’s own fake suicide, detailed by Paul Carroll in his introduction to Knott’s slim–and by nearly every critical estimation, classic–volume..."
Coldfront
W - Bill Knott
The Poetry Foundation
Three Poems by Bill Knott
Bookslut | An Interview with Bill Knott
"Knotty, Knotty Boy:" Richard Hell on poet Bill Knott
a few hundred of the thousands of rejection slips i've got over the years—
YouTube: Bill Knott READING "Corpse and Beans or What is Poetry", Bill Knott reading his poem "ANT DODGER", "A LESSON FROM THE ORPHANAGE"
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