by Splabman | Jul 13, 2012 | POPO
I was preparing for my reading tonight at the Five Alarms Lit Crawl in Greenwood. (Gratitud y Gracias to Aaron Kokorowski, Greg Bem, Graham Isaac, Bryan Miller & other organizers.) The Four Hoarse Men will be performing and I have a slot myself as well. What to...
by Splabman | Jul 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today ends an eleven day period during which I have been VERY BUSY with gatherings sponsored by Subud. I was “opened” in Subud on June 27, 2004 and started taking the latihan kedjiwaan very seriously in 2008. The Zones conference was a gathering of Subud...
by Splabman | Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yesterday (July 2, 2012) I was fortunate enough to get a chance to interview George Stanley at his Vancouver apartment. A San Francisco native, he studied with Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan in the fertile early days of the so-called San Francisco Renaissance of the...
by Splabman | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I had the good fortune to conduct an interview with Shahar Bram on June 17, 2012. His previous book Charles Olson and Alfred North Whitehead: An Essay on Poetry was a huge find during the middle of my graduate work on Organic Poetry. I talked with him over Skype about...
by Splabman | Jun 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was asked by Jack Straw to read as part of their 50th anniversary marathon, Saturday, June 16. I’ll read around 5:30 with Stevie Kallos and Kathleen Alcala. Please consider attending. Jack Straw’s 50th Anniversary Friday, June 15, 7pm – Saturday,...