by Splabman | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
30-December-2020 LaMonte Bishop City of San Francisco Parks & Recreation lamonte.bishop@sfgov.org To the Honorable LaMonte Bishop, I am writing to urge you to rename Page-Laguna Park in SF: “Diane di Prima Park.” As you know, the legendary international poet died...
by Splabman | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Thank you Leggy Bruck for this: And di Prima fans should know about this: Rename Page-Laguna Mini Park to Diane DiPrima Park Why is this important? PETITION to Rename Page-Laguna Park as “Diane di Prima Park” Diane Rose di Prima (1934-2020), America’s most influential...
by Splabman | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
What’s good for the goose… It was about 20 years ago (2000?) when I first learned about Michael McClure’s concept of a Personal Universe Deck and 8 years ago when I took some of my retreat time at the Morris Graves Foundation (the Lake) to create my...
by Splabman | Dec 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The end of 2020 (aside from spawning millions of “good riddance” celebrations) marks the completion of twenty years of daily practice of American Sentences. These (usually) 17 syllable poems, a form created by Allen Ginsberg, have been a lifeline for me....