{"id":3972,"date":"2021-02-07T14:53:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T19:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2021-06-02T23:45:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T03:45:17","slug":"edgar-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/edgar-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Oliver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6463\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6463 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552.jpg 300w, http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552-768x576-1.jpg 768w, http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9140552-80x60.jpg 80w, http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552-265x198-1.jpg 265w, http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552-696x522-1.jpg 696w, http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552-1068x801-1.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9140552-560x420-1.jpg 560w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edgar Oliver, photo by Pavel Antonov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edgargibsonoliver\/\">Edgar Oliver<\/a>\u00a0is a writer and performer who has lived and worked in New York for many years.\u00a0 He started out reading his poems and performing monologues at the Pyramid night club in the early 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>This is his third interview with Brainard Carey in this series.<\/p>\n<p>From 1988 to 2001 he wrote and staged a series of autobiographical plays \u2013 premiering a new play almost every year in the Club at LaMama on east 4th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Titles include\u00a0<i>The Seven Year Vacation, The Ghost of Brooklyn, Mosquito Succulence, Motel Blue 19,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Drowning Pages.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>In recent years he has written and performed a series of one man shows that have won much critical acclaim.<\/div>\n<div>These shows include\u00a0<i>Helen and Edgar<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 directed by Catharine Burns of The Moth \u2013 and\u00a0<i>East 10th Street: self-portrait with empty house, In the Park,\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0Attorney Street<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 all three directed by Randy Sharp of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.axiscompany.org\/\">Axis Theatre Company<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The images below are book covers and spreads from the poetry books mentioned in the interview that are published and sold by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edgaroliver.wordpress.com\/\">Oilcan Press<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edgar Oliver, photo by Pavel Antonov Edgar Oliver\u00a0is a writer and performer who has lived and worked in New York for many years.\u00a0 He started out reading his poems and performing monologues at the Pyramid night club in the early 1980\u2019s. This is his third interview with Brainard Carey in this series. 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