Aesthetic Realism itself, with its unprecedented comprehension of people, arose from Eli Siegel’s explanation and teaching of poetry. Here are some important essays and lectures by him:
- The Immediate Need for Poetry
- Poetry Is the Making One of Opposites
- Poetry and History
- Poetry and Keenness
- Poetry and Women
- Romanticism and Guilt
- Williams’ Poetry Talked about by Eli Siegel, and William Carlos Williams Present and Talking: March 5, 1952
Of further interest:
- The Aesthetic Realism Explanation of Poetry. Class taught by Ellen Reiss
- Greenwich Village Is in the World—A 1972 Report, by Ellen Reiss, of a Talk Eli Siegel Gave on the Village Vanguard and Greenwich Village
- “Hymn to Fourth Avenue,” a poem by Eli Siegel about the used bookstores that once lined NYC’s Fourth Avenue