Tag Archives: Allen Ginsberg

Hello, I Must Be Going [Part II]

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Hello, I Must Be Going [Part II] Excerpts from Thanks For Asking: The Whalen Journal by Steve Silberman In May of 1993, Michael Wenger at the San Francisco Zen Center contacted Steve and asked him if he … Continue reading →

Hello, I Must Be Going [Part I]

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Hello, I Must Be Going [Part I] Excerpts from Thanks For Asking: The Whalen Journal by Steve Silberman . In May of 1993, Michael Wenger at the San Francisco Zen Center contacted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Albert Saijo, Allen Ginsberg, Buddhism, California Poetry, Don Carpenter, Dylan Thomas, Ezra Pound, Gary Snyder, Hartford Street Zen Center, Jack Kerouac, Jack Spicer, Kenneth Rexroth, Neurotribes, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Robert Duncan, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Steve Silberman, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, William Carlos Williams | 2 Comments

The Education of Pat Nolan

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

The Education Of Pat Nolan An Anniversary Memorial for Keith Kumasen Abbott, 1944-2019 By Pat Nolan Paintings by Ivan Suvanjieff In pursuit of the writer’s life with absolutely no clue of what I was doing, I left the Midwest (c.1965) … Continue reading →

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Whalen & Wieners: Eavesdropping on the Greats

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

[Eavesdropping on the greats is bound to garner an earful. A brief unauthorized peek at correspondence between Philip Whalen and John Wieners from the late ‘50s, early ‘60s. Many thanks and appreciations to Messer’s Berkson and Abbott (now jogging funny … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Black Bart, California, California Poetry, Jack Kerouac, John Wieners, Modern Poetry, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, The New Black Bart Poetry Society | Leave a comment

Never Apologize, Never Explain, Part II

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Never Apologize Never Explain, Part II Further Notes on Understanding the Poetry of Philip Whalen By Pat Nolan “Philip was always writing, always reading, and whenever possible playing music.” —Gary Snyder, Preface to The Collected … Continue reading →

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Blue Suede Shoes Redux: The Specimen Issue

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Legend has it that that Keith Abbott joined the mimeograph underground by liberating a ream of paper from the WWSC English Department supply closet, acquiring a quire of stencils (one may say that now), and finding someone with a mimeograph … Continue reading →

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Some Assembly Required

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Some Assembly Required Bill Berkson’s “Memoir In Pieces” When talking about Bill Berkson certain assumptions must be addressed. That he was a quintessential New Yorker who had escaped to California and created a niche for himself among artists and writers … Continue reading →

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Commonplace Discoveries: Lew Welch

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Commonplace Discoveries: Lew Welch A Talk by Philip Whalen I don’t know what was happening at the time Lew wrote this poem, Springtime in the Rockies, Lichen; I presume it must have been around the time that he was down … Continue reading →

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Don’t Mess With Bill

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Don’t Mess With Bill; An Appreciation Poet and art critic Bill Berkson achieved personal entropy in San Francisco on Thursday, June 16th, 2016 at the young age of 76. June 16th also happens to be Bloomsday celebrated around the world … Continue reading →

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RHYTHM-A-NING

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Nuallain House, Publishers

RHYTHM-A-NING Philip Whalen’s Rhythmic Inventions: Thelonious Monk, Calligraphy and Zen Principles by Keith Kumasen Abbott (Originally published in Paul Kahn’s New Magazine #3, 2007) Since You Asked Me This poetry is a picture or graph of a mind moving, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Black Bart, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Calligraphy, Jazz, John Stevens, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Kenneth Rexroth, Modern Jazz, Modern Poetry, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Tessu, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, Thelonius Monk, Western Calligraphy | 2 Comments