Ted Joans Lives! Online Tribute, Books & Resources

To contribute to the Ted Joans Lives! webpages, please email us.Pieces may be any length. All contributions received will be published online. You will retain the copyright to your work.

We also have some Ted Joans books for sale.

TED JOANS LIVES! Stickers & Postcards:

Jason Davis of Verdant Press has printed some TED JOANS LIVES! stickers for us. They feature the words "TED JOANS LIVES" in bold black letters on a red background.

We also still have just reeived a second printing of the TED JOANS LIVES! postcards. These were also letterpressed on heavy red paper by Verdant Press in a small edition.

If you would like a copy of either of these, just email Denise. They are not for sale, & there is no charge. These are both limited editions, and this offer is good as long as they last.

Tributes & Celebrations:

TED JOANS LIVES! A TRIBUTE is found on this website. To contribute, please email us.

A tribute to Ted Joans & Bob Kaufman took place at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC on June 29, 2003 at 7pm.

A celebration of Ted Joans' life took place in Vancouver B.C. on Wednesday, May 14.

The Isis Gallery in Seattle hosted an evening in remembrance of Ted on June 6, 2003.

Al Aronwitz & others remember Ted Joans at The Blacklisted Journalist.

A tribute to Ted Joans in Boston on the first anniversary of his death, 04.25.04

Ted Joans tribute at Milk Magazine

Website:

Ted Joans & Laura Corsiglia's own website includes reviews, audio files, information about some of the books, and photos of many of them. The website was in progress at the time of Ted's death; some pages are incomplete.

Obituaries & Biographies:

Earshot Jazz June 2003 newsletter, in PDF format.
The Guardian
The Stranger (Seattle)
National Post
Village Voice
San Francisco Chronicle
BBC
New York Times
Globe & Mail

If you are aware of other obituaries, biographies, or Joans-related articles, please email Denise.

Books:

Ted Joans' books for sale, including signed books, at Empty Mirror Books.

Photos of & information about some of Ted Joans' books on his own website.
In Thursday Sane was published by Swan Scythe Press.
"Teducation" and "WOW," reviewed by Jack Foley. Both were published in 1999.

Ted Joans' poems & other info on the web:

The Teducated Mouth: An Interview with Ted Joans by John Barbato & Beth Kelly.
Skip the Byuppie
The Sax Bit
My Ace of Spades

Archival Collections:

Article on the Ted Joans archive at UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library.
Charles Henri Ford letters to Ted Joans at University of Delaware.

Audio:

Audio file of Ted Joans reading at University of California, Berkeley on February 1, 2000, on the occasion of Langston Hughes' birthday. Ishmael Reed introduces Ted for a little over eight minutes, then Ted reminisces about Langston Hughes, reads a few of Hughes' poems, and a number of his own.

NPR ran a terrific story on Ted Joans, on the day he was given the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Other Webpages About Ted Joans:

Photos & links at Recollection Books, a Seattle bookstore.
Arthur W. Wang, publisher (Hill & Wang), discusses Ted Joans.
Beatnet.de, German Beat site offers links & a terrific photo of Ted taken in 1980.
This 1997 article in the Seattle Times mentions Ted.

Photographs:

TED JOANS LIVES! A TRIBUTE, located on this website, includes many photographs of Ted.