Eileen Myles edited and published the little magazine dodgems between 1977 and 1979. Although their little magazine only lasted two years, Myles has been an active artist for much longer. In 1983, Myles published I Like You by Richard Nassau through their company, fido productions. (Through fido productions, Myles also produced a video recording of a poetry reading entitled “Laundromat.”) Between 1984 and 1986, Myles worked as the artistic director of the Poetry Project. In 2019, “The Trip,” written and directed by Myles, was released on YouTube.
Myles has written 18 books, many of which are poetry anthologies; their collection also includes novels and a book of photography. Myles has won several awards for their work, like the Shelley Prize from the Poetry Society of America.
Poetry Recordings of Eileen Myles at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s (Oct. 1981)
dodgems
dodgems was printed using a Xerox machine from Myles’s workplace. The name originated from Myles’s childhood. Otherwise known as bumper cars, dodgems were Myles’s “favorite ride in the amusement park in Revere Beach, Mass.” Issue 1 of the magazine was a photo of a group of nuns riding in the cars.
