Category Archives: Blog

Cate Gable on Police Poetry

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Splabman

SPLAB’s own Cate Gable, intrepid columnist for the Chinook Observer, observes the (ahem) “poetry” of the Minneapolis Police in the Derek Chauvin case: There are several literary devices at play here. Let’s start with understatement. “To note” is an action … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Please Give Big to SPLAB in 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Splabman

Case for supporting SPLAB during Give Big 2021 Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Challenge of Editing a Beat Legend

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Splabman

A wonderful look at the working style of one of SPLAB’s poetry heroes, Michael McClure, as described by his last editor Garrett Caples. To hear about the project on which they collaborated, dig this: Mule Kick Blues Book Release with … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Kubota Garden Poems

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Splabman

From Lola Peters: Kubota Garden Revealed Your Kubota Garden Poem Open, online, poetry reading Monday, April 12, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Among the beautiful elements of the book Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota’s Garden are the poems by Anastacia-Reneé, Elizabeth Austen, Claudia Castro Luna, Samuel … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment