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Inner Cities
a CD colletion of
poetry-jazz
performances by Uri
Hertz with pianist Steve
Correll and bassist
Glen Mont. This unique
recording is
a journey into
evocations of sound
and sense, memory
and imagination,
pulsing on waves of
poetry and music.
a CD colletion of
poetry-jazz
performances by Uri
Hertz with pianist Steve
Correll and bassist
Glen Mont. This unique
recording is
a journey into
evocations of sound
and sense, memory
and imagination,
pulsing on waves of
poetry and music.
back issues of third rail
Issue No. 9, 1989
Click on cover to see linked page with
extracts from issue.
Click on cover to see linked page with
extracts from issue.
Issue No. 8, 1988
Click on cover to see linked page with
extracts from issue.
Click on cover to see linked page with
extracts from issue.
Issue No. 7, 1985-86
Issue No. 5, 1982
Issue No. 6, 1984
Issue No. 4, 1980
Issue No. 3, 1977-78
Issue No. 2, 1976
Issue No. 1, 1975
Poems
by
Uri
Hertz
Collages
by
Linda
Haim
by
Uri
Hertz
Collages
by
Linda
Haim
to see full-size poems, point to one of the above pictures
and click on link
and click on link
lo real maravilloso
puppet sculptures by Linda Haim
Bio and artistic statement
puppet sculptures by Linda Haim
Bio and artistic statement
point and click on images to see larger
size reproductions of sculptures
size reproductions of sculptures
soldiers
click on linkl to see larger reproductions from Soldiers series
click on linkl to see larger reproductions from Soldiers series
website design by Uri Hertz
copyright © Uri Hertz / Third Rail 2004
copyright © Uri Hertz / Third Rail 2004
recommended links:
a wealth of Rexroth writings at Bureau of Public Secrets:
http://bopsecrets.org/rexroth/index.htm
website of poet Doren Robbins with links to his bio, publications
and writings.
dorenrobbins.com
international literature, art and music:
highmoonoon.com
uniquely informative site on traveling and living in Costa Rica:
costaricajournal.com
extraordinary photos of the cars of Cuba, windows, belly dancers
and more:
denisemarinophotos.com
Emilie Conrad's website for Continuum's courses and workshops
in deep body work and healing:
continuummovement.com
a wealth of Rexroth writings at Bureau of Public Secrets:
http://bopsecrets.org/rexroth/index.htm
website of poet Doren Robbins with links to his bio, publications
and writings.
dorenrobbins.com
international literature, art and music:
highmoonoon.com
uniquely informative site on traveling and living in Costa Rica:
costaricajournal.com
extraordinary photos of the cars of Cuba, windows, belly dancers
and more:
denisemarinophotos.com
Emilie Conrad's website for Continuum's courses and workshops
in deep body work and healing:
continuummovement.com
Photo by Jan Deen from back cover of Third Rail 7 1986
| THIRD RAIL burst onto the American literary scene in 1975 with a fresh take on how far a poetry magazine could go beyond the editorial and graphic conventions of its genre to link writing with cultural-historical movements and political and artistic changes of the era. THIRD RAIL immediately cut an uncompromising and expressive path across a broad spectrum of writing and the arts starting with the publication of its earliest issues. Co-edited by founding editors Uri Hertz and Doren Robbins, the magazine set out its editorial concept based on a historically-minded approach to literature as a living cultural force. THIRD RAIL's dynamic appeal caught the interest of leading writers such as Henry Miller, Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Bly, Jack Micheline and George Hitchcock, who contributed writing to early issues. Full editing and publishing responsibilities were left in the hands of Uri Hertz when Doren Robbins left his editorial post with the magazine after five years. As THIRD RAIL continued to carve its unique course through the shifting landscape of post-sixties to late twentieth century American culture, this innovative and imaginative review of international arts and literature continued to capture and hold the attention of poets, writers, scholars and practitioners as well as appreciators of the visual, theatrical and cinematic arts. This website is the return of THIRD RAIL to the literary, artistic and cultural flow of creative production and critical discourse. Presented on these opening pages are writing and art selected for reprint here from among the most recent of the nine issues published from 1975 to 1989. An art installation titled Lo real maravilloso, Puppet Sculpture by Linda Haim, is mounted on this site. Kazuo Ohno is featured here with writing by and about the centenarian Japanese Butoh master with photographs from his classic performances. |
Homeland Follies
Thanatopsis
Hayride
Hayride
Tie Rumsfeld Down
w/sculpture by Linda Haim
w/sculpture by Linda Haim
Asian Journal
Photographs by Danielle Haim
Photographs by Danielle Haim
Poem by John Solt
for Masafumi (Gabun) Suzuki and Ira Cohen
Ghost Prevention in Thailand
Photographs by Srisuda Foythongsamrong
Alchemy and Cinema:
Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky
by Uri Hertz (from Third Rail # 4, 1980)
99 Years of Japanese Avant-garde
Art on the Wall
John Solt
Kazuo Ohno One Hundred Years (opening page)
new writing on Ohno: Jon Spayde: Dancing with Ohno
Kazuo flowers, Amherst, Mass. 1993
photographs: Frank Ward
Kazuo Ohno in Hokkaido, 1994
photographs: Eikoh Hosoe
Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno Studio
photographs: Kevin Bubriski
Ohno Kazuo: Pioneer of Avant-Garde Dance
John Solt
The Dead Start Running
Kazuo Ohno
(from Third Rail no. 8, 1987)
Keiko no kotoba workshop words (Ohno)
The Androgynous Ghost in a Cup Filled with Ocean
poem: John Solt photographs: Ira Cohen
Kazuo Ohno and Butoh
Jack Egan
Pablo Antonio Cuadra
Poem of the Foreigners' Moment in Our Jungle
Text in English and Spanish. An audio file of a live bilingual reading of the poem
by Cuadra and Steven White may be listened to by clicking on poem-title on page.
poem by Steven F. White
All Trees The Tree
poems by Doren Robbins
During the Commercial
For the Last of the Juma
Lorca
Four Recent Poems by Ira Cohen
photographs by Ira Cohen
five diptychs make an imperfect dozen
poems by Uri Hertz
Tie Rumsfeld Down
Thanatopsis Hayride
Homeland Follies
poems by John Solt
Eros until the End
Phimai Historical Park Khmer ruins, 9-14th centuries Thailand
The Funeral, for Khun Na
Our World Darkens / for Kenjiro Yamaguchi
poem by Yarita Misako
I Didn't Give Birth to My Mother
film critique by John Solt
Another Hollywood Rendition: Whisking Away Geisha
for Masafumi (Gabun) Suzuki and Ira Cohen
Ghost Prevention in Thailand
Photographs by Srisuda Foythongsamrong
Alchemy and Cinema:
Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky
by Uri Hertz (from Third Rail # 4, 1980)
99 Years of Japanese Avant-garde
Art on the Wall
John Solt
Kazuo Ohno One Hundred Years (opening page)
new writing on Ohno: Jon Spayde: Dancing with Ohno
Kazuo flowers, Amherst, Mass. 1993
photographs: Frank Ward
Kazuo Ohno in Hokkaido, 1994
photographs: Eikoh Hosoe
Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno Studio
photographs: Kevin Bubriski
Ohno Kazuo: Pioneer of Avant-Garde Dance
John Solt
The Dead Start Running
Kazuo Ohno
(from Third Rail no. 8, 1987)
Keiko no kotoba workshop words (Ohno)
The Androgynous Ghost in a Cup Filled with Ocean
poem: John Solt photographs: Ira Cohen
Kazuo Ohno and Butoh
Jack Egan
Pablo Antonio Cuadra
Poem of the Foreigners' Moment in Our Jungle
Text in English and Spanish. An audio file of a live bilingual reading of the poem
by Cuadra and Steven White may be listened to by clicking on poem-title on page.
poem by Steven F. White
All Trees The Tree
poems by Doren Robbins
During the Commercial
For the Last of the Juma
Lorca
Four Recent Poems by Ira Cohen
photographs by Ira Cohen
five diptychs make an imperfect dozen
poems by Uri Hertz
Tie Rumsfeld Down
Thanatopsis Hayride
Homeland Follies
poems by John Solt
Eros until the End
Phimai Historical Park Khmer ruins, 9-14th centuries Thailand
The Funeral, for Khun Na
Our World Darkens / for Kenjiro Yamaguchi
poem by Yarita Misako
I Didn't Give Birth to My Mother
film critique by John Solt
Another Hollywood Rendition: Whisking Away Geisha
| Frank Ward |
| Kenneth Rexroth Festschrift part one Reevaluating Rexroth Introduction to Japanese Rexroth's Selected Poems Tetsuya Taguchi Adding to our Nature Doren Robbins The King is Dead. Long Live the King! Uri Hertz With a Tabloid Biographer, Who Needs an Oeuvre? Eros Until the End John Solt Three Sparks in the Tinder of Knowing Rachelle Lerner |
| T H I R D R A I L |
| international literature & arts |
| poems torn from a life is a new book of poems by Uri Hertz, published by highmoonoon. To order online, follow the link to highmoonoon.com |
Editor: Uri Hertz Contributing Editor: John Solt
| Kazuo Ohno October 27, 1906 - June 1, 2010 |
photo courtesy of Ruth Witt-Diamant & family
| interview by Uri Hertz from Third Rail # 4, 1980 |
Adding to our Nature
Doren Robbins
Dancing with Ohno
Jon Spayde
Doren Robbins
Dancing with Ohno
Jon Spayde
LACMA Exhibit: “Kitasono Katue: Surrealist Poet.”
Interview with Hollis Goodall, curator, by Aoki Eiko.
Interview with Hollis Goodall, curator, by Aoki Eiko.
Fina, I am Fina
Short fiction by Ernesto Padilla
Short fiction by Ernesto Padilla
illustration by Linda Haim
Literatureandarts.com is the official website of THIRD RAIL, the legendary review of international arts and literature that appeared in print from 1975-89 and is published online here. Be wary of simulations. |
Interview with Jerome & Diane Rothenberg
By John Solt and Uri Hertz
By John Solt and Uri Hertz
| photo: Victor Aleman |