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Angeline Roof Summer Solstice

Greg Bem organized one of his very lively events this past Monday night, June 20, 2016, as an open reading and Summer Solstice celebration. That the occasion also featured a Full Moon, the Strawberry Moon, and the first full moon on the Summer Solstice since 1967....

Greg Bem Reviews American Sentences

I get nervous sending out review copies of my new books. Fortunately, I took Sam Hamill’s advice from a few years ago to heart and am not in a rush to publish. At least I don’t think I am. But my  project was probably overdue for publication. And I have...

Duwamish Revealed

Ever since Greg Bem arrived in Seattle from Philadelphia he has been a literary dynamo, presenting and participating in events that are rich in imagination, well-conceived and have added depth to the often uninspired events that pass for literary art happenings around...

American Sentences May & June 2014

OK OK, here is my latest harvest of American Sentences. They are taken from the middle of March to today and though the time that my Father died in Chicago.  Click here for the essay about the poetic form, if you are unfamiliar and for some details on my practice....