We wrap up this week with congratulations to Douglas Messerli, poet and founder of the influential presses Sun and Moon and Green Integer, who will be honored by legendary bookstore Beyond Baroque at this year's Beyond Gala. Messerli will receive the Distinguished Service award alongside Ashaki M. Jackson, cofounder of the organization Women Who Submit and publisher of The Offing. They'll join George Drury Smith Award winner Sesshu Foster and Exene Cervenka and John Doe of the band X, who'll receive a special recognition at the November 2nd event.
On PennSound's Douglas Messerli author page you'll find a wide array of recordings — of readings, interviews, podcasts, panel discussions, and more — spanning five decades, including forty years of Segue Series events from its original home, the Ear Inn. A great starting point for listeners is Charles Bernstein's three-part 2008 Close Listening program with Messerli, which includes more than thirty individual poems, along with an extensive interview. A great many electronic copies of Sun and Moon publications can also be found on various author pages at our sister-site, the Electronic Poetry Center, thanks to Messerli's generosity.
We applaud Messerli once more for this well-deserved honor.
