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in the early-1960s, and they were to form a close friendship in the 1960s and 1970s. After graduation in 1964 both he and
Piombino, who would himself become an important member of the Language poets, often attended "readings together at
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magazine and other poetry magazines and discussing them avidly". They also did some writing collaborations and film experiments together in the late-1960s and early-1970s, heavily influenced by
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in the 1970s. During the opening and middle years of
Language poetry many of his long prose poems were published, widely read and influential. Seaton was also a frequent contributor to
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Seaton's second book was published by James Sherry's Roof Books, an important venue and publisher of
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Price, Larry. "Aggressively
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was one of five books published by Asylum's Press, under the editorial direction of
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a facsimile of "How To Read II" as it appeared in "Canyon
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