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Monthly Archives: June 2017
The Hanners: Husband & Wife Postcarders
It’s almost 4th of July which means August is coming. August for me has become synonymous with the heart of summer because of my poetry postcard habit. This year is the 11th year of the August POetry POstcard Fest which … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged August Poetry Postcard fest, Michael Hanner, The 56 Days of August, Toni Hanner 2 Comments
5th Cascadia Poetry Fest – Tacoma Oct 12-15
A few months ago I changed the header of this here website once again and added the phrase “Twenty Year Cascadia Bioregional Cultural Investigation.” I’ve blogged about it a few times here and here and here. Included in this effort is my interview … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged American Prophets, bioregional cultural investigation, Bruce Weigl, CAConrad, Cascadia Poetry Festival, Innovative Cascadia Poetry, Jared Leising, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Michael McClure, MOOC, Patricia Smith, Pig War & Other Songs of Cascadia, Sharon Thesen, Tacoma Poetry Festival, Tod Marshall Leave a comment
Charles Potts Interview
John Oliver Simon, former director of California Poets in the Schools and recipient of an NEA grant for translation, called Charles Potts “…the greatest poet born in Idaho since Ezra Pound…and one of the true faces of North American poetry.” (Read … Continue reading