Quote: J. D. McClatchy, regarding poets
“A poet — as distinct from other, perhaps more persuasive, kinds of writers — can only unstitch the weave of […]
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Writing Life
Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Museum Exhibit: Kobayashi Issa (haiku master), museum and grave in Shinano, Nagano
In May 2019, Ryoko and I wandered around Japan on a shinkonryoko (honeymoon) with the aims of riding various trains,
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Notes to Future Self
a poet without love…
A poet without love is just a typist.
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Writing Life
Gary Snyder: “Writers in Motion” interview from Poland
Poet Gary Snyder interview from Poland “Gary Snyder – Writers in Motion – Audiowizualna biblioteka pisarzy” you’ll likely enjoy:
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Spontaneous Snaps
My little studio in the “Wonder Hotel”
My little studio in the “wonder hotel”… I am making things in my fog.
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The First Recording of Allen Ginsberg Reading “Howl” (1956)
The First Recording of Allen Ginsberg Reading “Howl” (1956) You can hear the first recorded reading of Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl,’
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Gary Snyder: Interview with Junior Burke / Naropa Institute
interesting interview about politics, nature, culture and his contemporaries, by noted poet and personal hero, Gary Snyder Gary Snyder: Interview
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John Cairney as Robert Burns spieling Tam o’ Shanter
(via john cairney | johncairney.com – Robert Burns)
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Lists + Awards + Profiles
Let it Rain ~ “Flying High” boardgame-inspired art & interview in DIY Zine
Amongst my recent trips, interviews and publications came a very special treat – a pull-out insert and stream of consciousness
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Gary Snyder: 50th Anniversary of Riprap at UC Berekley
UC Berkeley’s blurb: Fifty years ago this Fall a small press in Kyoto, Japan published an English language book of
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Snippet: R. Burns, Highland Mary, 1792
A fave from the highland bard: Highland Mary, 1792 O pale, pale now, those rosy lips,I aft hae kiss’d sae
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demise of NYC poet Jim Carroll…
Been meaning to point out the demise of NYC poet Jim Carroll – best known for Basketball Diaries, he also
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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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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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Gary Snyder: “Lunch Poems” at UC Berkeley
“Lunch Poems” series at UC Berkeley with Gary Snyder
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Haiku of Kobayashi Issa
Haiku of Kobayashi Issa A collection of haiku by the Japanese poet, Kobayashi Issa.
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