by Splabman | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
My good friend Ian Boyden is a brilliant artist who has a new book of poems to be released next month by Wesleyan University Press. FYI: A Forest of Names: 108 Meditations by Ian Boyden Wesleyan University Press (buy now) 136 pp. 2 b&w photos. 5.5...
by Splabman | Aug 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Splabman | Jul 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
It has been the core of SPLAB’s work since 2012 to engage in a bioregional cultural investigation of Cascadia. We owe a huge debt to David McCloskey’s groundbreaking work, his evocative maps and vision and to Peter Berg’s vision and work on the...
by Splabman | Jul 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I once attend the the Blue River Writers Gathering, a biannual gathering at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest whose purpose, according to their website, is: to take counsel from each other and from the forest, to deepen our sense of community with other writers and...
by Splabman | Jul 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was having a discussion with an elder poet about a poetry experience that I had recently which left me feeling outside. The funny thing is that’s where I want to be. I can’t do anything but attempt to mine the depths inside me for the deepest gesture of...
