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Mary Norbert Korte

Denise Enck

A former nun, Mary Norbert Korte has been publishing her poetry since the mid-1960s. She lives in Northern California, where she has dedicated herself to the environment, poetry, and teaching.

Women of the Beat GenerationA chapter, “Redwood Mama Activist,” in the book Women of the Beat Generation, by Brenda Knight, is devoted to her.

Six of Korte’s poems, spanning her career are printed there: “Eddie Mae The Cook Dreamed Sister Mary Ran Off With Allen Ginsberg;” excerpt from “Throwing Firecrackers Out The Window While The Ex-Husband Drives By;” “Turning 40 in Willits;” “Remembering Bill Everson, Poet;” “There’s No Such Thing As An Ex-Catholic;” and “The Room Within.”

Selected Books & Broadsides

Beginning Is the Life Is the Word
N.p., n.d. Broadside, folded.

Beginning of Lines: Response to Albion Moonlight
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1968.

Breviary in Time of War
San Francisco, CA: Cranium Press, 1970.

Christmas Greeting, 1970.
[Berkeley, CA]: Mary Norbert Korte / Oyez, 1970.

Fourth Annual Protest Poem Against War
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1971.
Broadside.


Generation of Love
New York: Bruce Publishing Co., 1969
(poems by Mary Norbert Korte, photos by Jess Villalva. Edited by Clayton C. Barbeau.)

Hymn To The Gentle Sun
[Berkeley, CA]: Oyez, 1967.
(the poet’s first book.)

Lines Bending - Mary Norbert Korte
Lines Bending
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1978.

Mammals of Delight
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1978.

Midnight Bridge
Berkeley: Oyez, 1970.

Reading from the I Ching
N.p.: Clifford Burke, 1970.
Broadside.

this room within myself wants light…
Berkeley: Oyez (1970).
Broadside.

Throwing Firecrackers Out the Window While the Ex-Husband Drives By
Willits: Rainy Day Women Press, 1991.

Two Poems
San Francisco: White Rabbit/Oyez, 1969.
(The poems are “My Day Has Been Beautiful — How Was Yours?” and “The Going.”

Mary Norbert Korte Resources

  • In Those Days (poem)
  • John Muir Welcomes Judy Bari Into Heaven (poem)
  • The Lorax & L-P (poem – after the original by Dr. Seuss)
  • Mary Norbert Korte biography at the excellent “Women of the Beat” site
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About Denise Enck

Denise is Empty Mirror's founder and editor. She's edited several other literary magazines and small-press publications since the 1990s. When not at Empty Mirror, you can probably find her reading or writing -- or out exploring the back roads and beaches of Washington State.

Author: Denise Enck Tagged With: Beat Generation, bibliography, iu, Mary Norbert Korte Filed Under: Beat Generation February 8, 2012

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