COMING SOON
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Vagabond is happy to present, RE-BEAT (new and selected
poems), by Igor Costanzo, for publication later this year.
I first met Igor Costanzo 20 years ago, while I, a traveling
poet, based out of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, happened upon Verona,
Italy. This was to join with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was presenting in
Fluxus art event, Back to Beat, curated by Francesco Conz. I was staying with
Francesco at the time, and Igor, a young and budding poet, still in university
was Francesco’s assistant for the event, and even participated with his own
poetry in this multi-media performance, also involving myself, the great
Italian musician, Omar Pedrini, and likewise the famous San Francisco poet,
Jack Hirschman.
Igor and I, both young poets at the time, made an instant
friendship that has now lasted for two decades.
When meeting Igor for the first time, I was struck by his
deep connection to the beat poets and how Ferlinghetti had already written the
introduction of Igor’s first book, I Wish to be Light, with poems
translated by Hirschman.
Since that time, Igor Costanzo has grow to be a leading
voice for poetry in Italy, with his work known around the world and translated
into several language, and not only that, but Igor has also become known as the
“environmental poet,” a title that I became aware of when visiting Italy in
2017, to participate in the Monigart Festival a Moniga del Garda, which he
organized.
In the last years, as all great poets do, Igor has started
building those international bridges between poets, poetry and communities
around the world, introducing some of the most important poets from every corner
of the globe to the greater society as a whole, with his weekly poetry column, Traces
of Poetry, which appears in the newspaper, Brecciaoggi.
It’s clear to me, both as a poet and publisher, that Igor’s
voice is an important one for this new generation of poets that’s springing up from
the footsteps of legends to carry on the work of being the voice of our
collective human consciousness.
For these reasons, it’s with great pleasure that I, and the
press Vagabond, present Igor Costanzo to you and welcome him into our
publication family.
~ Mark Lipman
editor-in-chief,
Vagabond
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