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May 25, 2013

Little Sparta Reading

Pierre Joris — Nicole Peyrafitte — Ken Cockburn — Lila Matsumoto Poetry reading at Little Sparta – the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay [in the temple of Bauchis & Philemon if wet] The ticket...

Book Review / Criticism / Cultural Studies / Poetry / Poets / Uncategorized

April 7, 2013

Iain Sinclair on Ed Dorn

There’s an excellent review (& more) of Ed Dorn’s Collected Poems by Iain Sinclair in the current issue of the London Review of Book. Below the opening paragraph. Unhappily you need to be a...

Poetry / Poets

January 28, 2013

Giving Everything: On Diane Di Prima

from the Los Angeles Review of Books Dale Smith Giving Everything: On Diane Di Prima THE POET DIANE DI PRIMA faces serious health problems, including Parkinson’s disease, the loss of her teeth, and a...

Poetry / Poets

September 3, 2012

Poems from the Sea of In Between (la Méditerranée)

The very varied & wonderfully rich & far-ranging “Mediterranean Poetry” site has just posted two of my poems anchored in, even if straying from (as behoves a nomadic temperament), the Mediterranean world. Check out...

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June 30, 2012

Captain Poetry’s Sucker Punch

I don’t like Big Beach Novels for the summer, as novels invariably wind up boring me, but I do enjoy having a Big Booke of something-or-other to schlepp around from airport lounge to train station to...

Anthology / Poetry Cuisine / Poets

May 15, 2012

Jonas Mekas on Penguin Anthology

A letter from Kimberley Lyons: Dear friends, Please click on the link and choose video diary link in the text to watch Jonas Mekas, with help of Vyt Bakaitis, herald the excluded works from a...

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March 21, 2012

Jack Foley’s “Big Boke”

Nice big homage last August to Foley & his very large new book — nearly 1300 pages, two volumes — by Evan Karp in SFGate. Opening paras below: Jack Foley a rich chapter in Bay...

Poetry / Poets / Uncategorized

January 10, 2012

Nadezhda Mandelstam on Akhmatova

This via signandsight: Friendship in the time of terror Nadezhda Mandelstam’s unique personal tribute to poet Anna Akhmatova Although the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) never received the highest literary honour, the Nobel Prize, the veneration...

Live Reading / Poetry / Poets / Uncategorized

December 30, 2011

38th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading

SUNDAY JAN 1 / 3PM – 1AM St. Mark’s Church | 131 E. 10th Street New York, NY 10003 Featuring over 140 Poets & Performers including: Ace Mcnamara, Alan Licht, Alex Dimitrov, Amy King,...

Poetry readings / Poets

September 15, 2011

Dave Brinks: Fundraiser Celebrating Nola Culture 17 hours remaining

Dear Friends, As Louis Armstrong says, “Everything I’ve ever done is dedicated to the cause of HAPPINESS!” And so we tip our hats to you, and to the fine spirit of Louis’ credo, and thank you dearly for your vibrant...