Kris Krug Recommendation / Blurb for Dave
Kris Krug says – in TED Comes to Vancouver : Speaker Nominations for TEDxVan (archived link), “Dave Olson is a […]
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Lists + Awards + Profiles
Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard #60
From a forested pathway along the open Pacific between Tofino and Ucluelet, DaveO reads poetry from Gary Snyder’s Myths +
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Prezo Pitches
Hitchhiking to the Boardroom – Presentation Pitch for SXSWi10
Here’s my (Dave Olson’s) submission to SXSW Interactive 2010 – Starting August 10, you’ll have a chance to vote for
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Writing Life
Ferlighetti: I never wrote Beat poetry (etc) via SF Gate (for LF’s 90th birthday)
Ferlinghetti: I never wrote Beat poetry. Wide-open poetry (is) what Neruda told me in Cuba “I love your wide-open poetry’
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Libraries / Museums / Archives
The Merry Prankster Offspring Take A Trip On The Bus “Further”via Laughing Squid
The Merry Prankster Offspring Take A Trip On The Bus “Further” After that first long, strange trip, the Pranksters moved
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Writing Life
Kerouac: The Sea is My Brother. | elephant journal
Kerouac: The Sea is My Brother. | elephant journal The Sea is My Brother is part of a wave of
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Writing Life
Jack Kerouac | Books | guardian.co.uk
Jack Kerouac | Books | guardian.co.uk 20 May 2005: Beat Generation, an unpublished play by Jack Kerouac written in the
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Owl Creek Limnology and Exploration – Postcard #59
Dave O spiels forth about the exploration of rivers and lakes, the impetus for ventures and motivations for trade ~
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Writing Life
Gary Snyder: “Lunch Poems” at UC Berkeley
“Lunch Poems” series at UC Berkeley with Gary Snyder
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Three Days and Eleven Dollars, Nov. 1991 – Postcard #58
By a campfire on Owl Creek, Dave reads an instructional guide to hitch-hiking about a November trip from South Carolina
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Personal Musings, Writing Life
Diary/Quote: Gary Snyder’s The Real Work
Rereading Gary Snyder’s “the real work – collected essays, interviews and speeches” I’ve followed his instructions diligently over the past
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Arizona with Ole Gramps – Postcard #57
While summertime camping alongside Owl Creek and charging the recorder with the rays of the sun, Dave reads a short
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56
From Halfmoon Bay on Vancouver Island, Dave gives it up for zen poet hero Gary Snyder and recounts beat history from The Old Ways and logging culture from Myths and Texts plus poems about hitchhiking, girls, baths, clearcuts and the Buddha plus original freeverse poetry.
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Chronicling Interesting Boulders – Postcard #55
Alongside raging Lynn Creek, Dave remarks about boulders which are indeed interesting as the sign pointed out, then reads a
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Post-apocalyptic Skunks and Fevers – Postcard #54
From a skunk-scented perch along Mosquito Creek, Dave spiels about feverish dreams in a Mexican clinic, personal archeology, mirages about
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Howling at Land and Sea – Postcards #53
Visiting the Woodshop on Steamboat Island amidst hayfever and national holidays, Dave and Wm. Lenker exchange spontaneous musical freeverse tales
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