It was after I finished my M.A. from Lesley University, a course of study I organized with the help of a few select...
Getting to Know Cascadian Poets & Poetics
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Daphne Marlatt Interview (Liquidities)
I did my first interviews very early in my radio career, but started to gain some skill at preparing and conducting...
SPLAB @ 20 (A daughter’s view)
We celebrated 20 years of SPLAB last Saturday at the Spring Street Center in Seattle, which is also the Seattle Subud...
Allergic to Cascadia Cats
You may have seen that the lineup for the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival has been released. I am pretty excited about it...
SPLAB Turns 20
Though the official date was December 13, 2013 that the organization I created turned 20, we celebrate Saturday at...
Jose Kozer Interview (N.13.13 in L.A., Part 2)
Today I'm posting the rest of the audio of an interview with legendary Cuban-American poet José Kozer, conducted by...
Top Ten Posts of 2013
This is a traditionally a week of looking back at the previous year and rather than present those posts from 2013 I...
When I’m 124: Transcending Victim Consciousness
There's an interesting op-ed in the New York Times posted yesterday (Dec 24, 2013) about how some of the folks who...
Seasonal American Sentences
The Rad Santa reading last night at Lottie's Lounge was a huge success. Graham Isaac hosted and invited me along with...
Jose Kozer Interview (L.A. N.13.13)
While I am not the guy who got the chance to interview José Kozer recently during his visit to Southern California, I...
Sunday Holiday Reading at Lottie’s
For years there was a popular open mic at Lottie Motts, which was a cafe in Columbia City. Now the coffee has given...
Morris Graves Selected Letters
One of my goals during my recent residency at The Lake, awarded by the Morris Graves Foundation, was to get to know...