by Splabman | Nov 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
This post, originally from November 5, 2019, has been republished in the wake of the death of Mary Norbert Körte at her home in Willits, California, Monday, November 14, 2022 at 1:30pm. She was 88. She made a splash as “the nun” at the 1965 Berkeley Poetry...
by Splabman | Jun 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was delighted to team up with postcard poet (with a new book!) Margaret Lee for an essay that has been published on the website of the Journal for Black Mountain College Studies. Postcard poets represented include J.I. Kleinberg, Judy Jensen, Tim Mateer &...
by Splabman | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I saw this article linked in an article I was reading and then a friend sent it to me, so there was something synchronistic about it right off the bat. “God’s way of remaining anonymous” some wise person said about synchronicity, and it makes you think. I read it,...
by Splabman | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
This post has been edited to include video of the reading of the seminal Charles Olson essay Projective Verse: It was October 1995 and I had just finished lunch with Michael McClure, the day I met him. It was after an interview we conducted at the old KZOK-FM studios...
by Splabman | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
In years past I have taken time on the 1st of September to write my POPO afterword. If felt like a ritual to end each extended August with a meditation on what I had done, followed by a photo or video of the cards I received. That it is part of my own personal...