Tag Archives: Gary Snyder

Good Haibun/Bad Haibun Mayday Living Room

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Splabman

We’ll celebrate Mayday by working on an ancient Japanese form that’s gained steam since Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder started their experiments in the 50s. We’ll look at Anne Waldman and Andrew Schelling’s more contemporary approaches and Sam Hamill’s translations … Continue reading →

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May 31 Living Room 7P Poetry of Cascadia

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Splabman

Who are the quintessential poets of Cascadia; that area (according to one scholar) from Cape Mendocino in northern California east to Yellowstone Lake, up the Continental Divide to (& including) the Alaska panhandle, most of British Columbia, all of Washington, … Continue reading →

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Brenda Hillman at Open Books, November 19, 2009

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Splabman

I got to Open Books ten minutes before the reading was scheduled to start. Most of the crowd came after I arrived. John Marshall read a nice introduction and rigged a laptop to an overhead projector, so we could see … Continue reading →

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