by Splabman | Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the final segment from my August 24, 2012 interview with poet Nate Mackey, he responds to questions about the notions of reincarnation, lost continents and how his book Nod House is about “an age coming to and end,” but also how he has hope for...
by Splabman | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Laura Simms – Storytelling as Healing Modality Laura Simms is a storyteller and author of The Robe of Love: Secret Instructions for the Heart. She discusses her youthful penchant for storytelling, how she learned about the craft from Native elder Vi...
by Splabman | Oct 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
We caught up with Dutch sound poet and vocal improvisor Jaap Blonk before his Earshot Jazz Festival gig on Friday, October 26, 2012. (Kudos to John Gilbreath and Earshot for presenting this.) We discussed how Blonk got interested in sound poetry, how his vocal...
by Splabman | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Russell Means died on Monday morning, October 22, 2012, on his ranch on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I had the good fortune to be able to interview him in October 1995 when he was touring with his memoir Where White Men Fear to Tread. He talked...
by Splabman | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
In part 5 of my August 24, 2012 Skype interview with poet Nate Mackey, he discusses his method of writing poetry, how it is not done from an outline and a notion from the book A Musical View of the Universe which informs his approach to composition. See also:...
