by Splabman | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
I had the good fortune last Sunday (May 19) to be invited to participate in a reading at Memory’s Vault to celebrate the publication of the Empty Bowl book Memory’s Vault: The Poetic Heart of Fort Warden. As the Literary Executor for Sam Hamill, my...
by Splabman | May 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Writing a blurb for a friend or associate’s book is a difficult task. One has to be compelling, has to have some credibility regarding knowledge of the book’s content and has to have a call to act, or at least be memorable. So many blurbs today are, as one...
by Splabman | Apr 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
From Greg Bem in Spokane, WA: Greetings from Spokane! I am pleased to announce the third release from Carbonation Press: Paul E. Nelson’s DaySong Miracle (Past 62). This small book is available now in Spokane, Seattle, and via Lulu. It has been an honor and...
by Splabman | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Here is the video version of my March 25, 2024 interview with Bill Porter on “Dancing With the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation.” We talked about his life, the movie and the film which chronicles his translation project. The Seattle screening of...
by Splabman | Mar 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Imagine growing up a poet in a state like Wisconsin and having to travel to Colorado to learn about the work of Lorine Niedecker, and furthermore to have one’s own consciousness changed by engagement with her work. Niedecker’s work, since her death in 1970, has...
