“Spelling Bee” George Deman, in the Uncle Art column. Quoted as winner of the 25th, 26th, and 27th annual Stein Club [since relocated to Manuel’s Tavern after the Stein Club closed] Orthographic Meet (i.e., spelling bee). The Committee retired me by asking me to join them.
“CL’s Noted Acts for Saturday.16” Roni Sarig on The Durians: “Local avant/garde [sic] spoken word quartet celebrate the release of their eccentric debut, Music Is a Problem for Everyone.”
“Cardboard, Paint, and Style: A Brief Look at the Work of Janie Geiser.” By Steven Tickell. Student paper for Trends in American Puppet Theater.
www.sp.uconn.edu/~wwwsfa/Tickell2.htm
1994 April 11
Tabloid
Katchewanooka Herald Lakefield, Ontario
Russell Dodworth’s “Anybody out there?” column. About a conversation in Fort Lauderdale at a computer show. Dodworth and I envisioned a Microsoft product for adolescents devoted to etiquette, ideally to be named “Microsoft Manners.”
1983 June 17
Newspaper
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta
Paula Crouch recommends seeing Janie Geiser’s puppet plays “Glass Dream” and “Sleep . . . “
1981 December 6
Newspaper
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta
“Weaving the strings of puppetry and poetry into a unified work.” Pearl Cleage Lomax [today, Oprah Book Club novelist and simply Pearl Cleage] devotes her column to “Sleep . . . “
“The performance, lasting less than 15 minutes, was delicate, precise, bold, adventurous, inventive and amazing.”
1981 November 6
Newspaper
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta
“’Sleep’ Unique But Not Long Enough: A Review” By Helen C. Smith.
“The poem is highly original, the puppets (skillfully manipulated by Ms. Geiser, Jon Ludwig [for twenty years Center for Puppetry Arts Associate Artistic Director] and Alan Sugar) are unique, and the music . . . is both the underpinning and the cherry on top for this thoroughly delightful piece.”
1979 December 6
Newspaper
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta
“Atlanta Poets Are Caught ‘Red Handed’” By Keith Graham. About the readings at Rizzoli International Bookstore launching the poetry magazine “Red Hand Book.”
1979 May 4
Newspaper
New York Times New York
“Artists of the Custom House” By Grace Glueck. Article on the “Custom and Culture” show. (Please see Poems by me reaching the public in untraditional ways—1979—June 17: “24 Mirrors”, Page 9.)
I am relishing the academic, uncommercial, atmosphere. Although on the pre-application GRE English examination I placed in the 99th percentile, kindred spirits have been lacking.
