Bern Porter

Bernard Harden "Bern" Porter (February 14, 1911–June 7, 2004) was an American artist, writer, publisher, performer, and scientist. In 2010 his work was recognized by an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was born in Maine and studied at Colby College and Brown University. He spent the last decades of his life living in Belfast, Maine. Porter is best known for his "founds", which he has published in numerous collections including Found Poems, The Wastemaker, The Book of Do's, Dieresis, Here Comes Everybody's Don't Book, and Sweet End. Publishers of these works included Something Else Press, The Village Print Shop, and Tilbury House. Bern Porter's underground reputation as an artist-writer-philosopher-scientist is well...