A limited edition saddle-stitched chapbook with beautiful cover art by Peter Knapp.
Eliot Cardinaux is a poet, pianist, & composer living in Western MA. Working simultaneously in the fields of both improvised music & experimental poetry, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory with a focus on piano, & an MFA in poetry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he studied under Peter Gizzi, Dara Wier, Ocean Vuong, Cynthia Cruz, Martín Espada, & others. He also taught English & writing there. Eliot writes lyric, & lyric-narrative poems in an impressionistic, imagist style, with a sense of phrasing he has acquired from a long time playing and composing music. He is also the founder of The Bodily Press.
“These are poems responding to war. I’ve written before about the Western world’s willful blindness on the part of disasters occurring outside the supposed frame. These poems grapple with notions of spirit & collapse, & are dedicated to Pierre Joris & Jerome Rothenberg, two poets who have been gracious to me in their support & generous in their work both as translators, & as poets & cultural critics themselves.”
—Eliot Cardinaux
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Pavane
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pain is a form of violence prone to happiness –
Our Hearts as Thieves: pain is a form of violence prone to happiness (CD)
Our Hearts as Thieves
$10 USD
Eliot Cardinaux & Sean Ali: Apparitions (Chapbook)
$12 USD
Pavane –
Eliot Cardinaux & Gary Fieldman: Pavane (Limited Edition CD)
Eliot Cardinaux & Gary Fieldman
$10 USD
Eliot Cardinaux: The Margins Weep Slow Roses (chapbook)
$12 USD
Eliot Cardinaux: Triptych (3 chapbooks)
$30 USD
Eliot Cardinaux - Narratives of the Strata (chapbook)
$12 USD
Out of Our Systems –
Limited Edition CD
Eliot Cardinaux / Will McEvoy / Max Goldman
$12 USD
Eliot Cardinaux "Said Series" Limited Edition Chapbook
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Deleted Scene –
Gary Fieldman: Deleted Scene (Limited Edition CD)
Gary Fieldman
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Eliot Cardinaux - Meridians of the Overlooked (Compositions 2009-2019) - Sheet Music Booklet
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For Who Is King –
For Who is King Limited Edition CD
Eliot Cardinaux and Caleb Schmale
$10 USD
Odysseus Alone –
Odysseus Alone - Limited Edition CD
Eliot Cardinaux/Kresten Osgood/Thomas Morgan
$10 USD
What the Wildflower Witnessed –
Our Hearts as Thieves: What the Wildflower Witnessed Limited Edition Double CD
Our Hearts as Thieves
$15 USD
A Living Past –
Eliot Cardinaux: A Living Past - Limited Edition CD
Eliot Cardinaux
$10 USD
Eliot Cardinaux - Becoming Stranger (Poetry Chapbook)
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Autolysis –
Asger Thomsen: Autolysis 12" Vinyl
Asger Thomsen
$24 USD
take me by the hand of darkness –
take me by the hand of darkness (CD)
Eliot Cardinaux / Will McEvoy / Max Goldman
$10 USD
Sweet Beyond Witness –
Eliot Cardinaux: Sweet Beyond Witness (CD)
Eliot Cardinaux
$10 USD
Six Feet on Solid Ground –
Magpie: Six Feet on Solid Ground (CD)
Magpie
$10 USD
The Bodily Press Amherst, Massachusetts
The Bodily Press is an independent poetry press & record label founded by poet/pianist Eliot Cardinaux. Mostly an avenue for its founder's own work, the press features a catalogue of original work in the fields of both lyric poetry & improvised music.
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