by Splabman | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m still thinking about the notion of how Seattle, with its strong commitment to reading and literacy, has never birthed an innovative movement in writing. In my last post I wrote: Seattle has been a conservative poetry town without any innovative movements...
by Splabman | Mar 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
With the AWP Conference just concluded in Seattle, I had many opportunities to see my home through the eyes of others, be a guide to the best of what’s here, the cultural mores and to even feel defensive about those who would have a jab or two at this, my city....
by Splabman | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was chatting with Vancouver poet George Stanley about what he considered innovative in contemporary poetry. Without hesitation he said the book An Army of Lovers by Juliana Spahr and David Buuck was an example. Once home I ordered the book and saw that it was not...
by Splabman | Feb 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The subject of Feminism has been coming up in recent weeks. My interview with Daphne Marlatt touched on it, as she has organized Feminist conferences thirty years ago and identifies as a Feminist. She is one of the headliners for the upcoming Cascadia Poetry Festival....
by Splabman | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The first harvest of the new year, my fourteenth with a daily practice of writing one 17 syllable poem. More on American Sentences elsewhere on this site, but for now, a few from 2014: 1.3.14 – A sort of Sudhana seeks the genius loci of Cascadia. 1.5.14 –...
by Splabman | Feb 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
An interesting confluence of events in my life the last couple of weeks which involve a bit of poetics, a bit from one of my recent interviews, Facebook discussions and Feminism. And involves Charles Olson. A recent Facebook thread was started by Sam Hamill, was liked...
