Tag Archives: Clark Coolidge

In Close Proximity—Part Two

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

In Close Proximity—Part Two Excerpts from Side Effect A Journal of Zen Life with Philip Whalen by Tensho David Schneider Tensho David Schneider’s journal, Side Effect, came about from the idea that the sayings and doings of Philip Whalen—Zenshin Ryufu … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged 80 Langton Street, Alice Notley, Barrett Watten, Black Bart, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Clark Coolidge, David Schneider, Gregory Corso, Joanne Kyger, Michael McClure, Modern Poetry, New College, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Talks, Poets, San Francisco, San Francisco Zen Center, Schools of Poetry, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society | 3 Comments

This Is How Legends Begin

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved, and, next to nature, Art; I warm’d both hands before the fire of Life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. —Walter Savage Landor Recollections, appreciations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alice Notley, Basho, Blaise Cendrars, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Chines Painting, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Poetry, Clark Coolidge, Clifford Burke, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Kenneth Rexroth, Maureen Owen, Modern Poetry, New York City, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poets, Richard Brautigan, Ron Padgett, Russian River, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, William Carlos Williams | 2 Comments

Rothenberg Poetry University

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Rothenberg Poetry University Heuristic Maps For The Mastery of Poetry Jerome Rothenberg is a genius. With the aid of his able collaborators, he has mapped out a heuristic path for the study of poetry and toward a unifying theory of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged A Book of the Book, Alice Notley, Andrei Codrescu, Anselm Hollo, Burton Watson, Charles Simic, Clark Coolidge, Diane Rothenberg, Donald Allen, Ezra Pound, Gary Snyder, George Quasha, Jack Foley, Jerome Rothenberg, Joanne Kyger, Jonathan Chaves, Kenneth Rexroth, Marcel Duchamp, Maureen Owen, Modern Poetry, outlaw poets, Pierre Joris, Poems for the Millennium, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Ron Padgett, Ron Silliman, Schools of Poetry, Steven Clay, Surrealists, Symposium of the Whole, Technicians of the Sacred, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, Tom Clark | 2 Comments

Lost And Found In Translation

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Lost And Found In Translation By Pat Nolan “To produce a translation that may be accurate according to the dictionary, but bland and distant from the spirit of the poem because one has either ignored or misunderstood the author’s poetics … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Acadian, Adrian King-Edwards, Alice Notley, American samizdat, Aram Saroyan, Bill Berkson, Black Bart, Blaise Cendrars, Blue Pig, Brendan King-Edwards, Bruce Andrews, California, California Poetry, Champlain, Clark Coolidge, Collège de Maisonneuve, David Ball, Derniers tabous, Eric Selland, Frank O'Hara, French Canadian, Gaspé Peninsula, George Tysh, Histoires Naturelles, James Schuyler, Jean Follain, Jean Le Gac, Joanne Kyger, Joe Brainard, Jules Renard, Keith Waldrop, Lucille Friesen, Max Jacob, McGill University, Modern Poetry, Montreal, New France, outlaw poets, Philippe Soupault, Pierre Reverdy, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Quebec City, Quebecois poetry, Robert Hébert, Roberto Bolaño, Rosemary Waldrop, Rudiments d’us, Schools of Poetry, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The Poetry Project, The Word Bookstore, Tom Raworth, Trois-Revière | 1 Comment

Bathroom Art Galleries

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Bathroom Art Galleries Reflections on Broadsides, Poem Cards and Literary Artifacts of The 70’s and 80’s by Pat Nolan The bathrooms in these transient student garrets served as galleries of an equally transient art thumbtacked to the water stained walls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alice Notley, Alternative Press, Bill Bathurst, Black Bart, California, California Poetry, Clark Coolidge, Clifford Burke, Cranium Press, Gary Snyder, iota press, Lew Welch, Modern Poetry, New York City, outlaw poets, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poltroon Press, Richard Brautigan, Russian River, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Steve Carey, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School | 4 Comments

Report: Scenes From Life

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Group reading of Philip Whalen’s Scenes From Life At The Capital Monday, October 23, 2017 Moe’s Books, Berkeley, CA They said they would, and they did. Two years ago Alastair Johnston of Poltroon Press had thought to combine the occasion … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alan Bernheimer, Alastair Johnston, Black Bart, Buddhism, Burton Watson, California, California Poetry, Clark Coolidge, David Brazil, Denise Newman, Don Allen, Ezra Pound, Gary Snyder, Grey Fox Press, Jack Kerouac, Kyoto, Laura Woltag, Michael Rothenberg, Modern Poetry, Moe's Books, Norman Fischer, On Bear's Head, outlaw poets, Owen Hill, Pat Nolan, Paul Christensen, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Schools of Poetry, Steven Lavoie, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, Tinker Greene, William Carlos Williams | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Abstract Expressionism, Alex Katz, Alice Notley, Allen Ginsberg, Andrei Codrescu, Anne Waldman, Anselm Hollo, Aram Saroyan, Bernadette Mayer, Big Bridge, Big Sky, Bill Berkson, Blaise Cendrars, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Brad Gooch, California, California Poetry, City Poet, Clark Coolidge, David Meltzer, Eleanor Lambert, Emily Dickinson. T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Frank O'Hara, Gertrude Stein, Humphrey Bogart, James Joyce, James Schuyler, Jim Carroll, Joanne Kyger, Joe Brainard, John Ashbery, John Thorpe, Kenneth Koch, Kevin Opstedal, Lewis Warsh, Maureen Owen, Modern Poetry, New York City, Norman Bluhm, Oliver Stone, outlaw poets, Philip Guston, Philip Whalen, Pierre Reverdy, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Red Grooms George Schneeman, Robert Lowell, Ron Padgett, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Steve Carey, Surrealists, Syemour Berkson, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, Tom Clark, Truman Capote, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, William S. Burroughs | 3 Comments

At A Secret Location

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership & Interested Parties From: Chinee, Grand Poobah, NBBPS Subject: At A Secret Location There once was a poetry treasure trove in a basement in North Beach in San Francisco. It was accessed by wooden stairs leading down … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged A Secret Location on the Lower East Side, Allen Ginsberg, Anselm Hollo, Asphodel Bookstore, Black Bart, California, California Poetry, Charles Bukowski, City Lights Bookstore, Clark Coolidge, Clifford Burke, Cody’s, Coffee House Press, Cranium Press, Donald Allen, Eighth Street Book Shop, Evergreen Review, Ezra Pound, Gary Snyder, Gerald Burns, Jack Kerouac, Jerome Rothenberg, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Len Fulton, Life Of Crime News Letter, Modern Poetry, Moe’s, New American Poetry, New York City, Oak Knoll Booka, outlaw poets, Peace Eye, Philip Whalen, Pocket Poets Series, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, Raymond Carver, Robert Duncan, San Francisco, San Francisco Renaissance, Schools of Poetry, Shakespeare & Co, Steve Carey, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, Tom Raworth, William Carlos Williams, Zephyrus Image Press | 4 Comments

Quantum Redux

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership and Interested Parties From: Pat Nolan, Charter Member, NBBPS Subject: The Quantum Of Kerouac Note: Pat Nolan’s The Quantum of Kerouac originally appeared in Poetry Flash in June of 2013 The Quantum of Kerouac “I know that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Anne Marie Santos, Barry Gifford, Baudelaire, bebop, Clark Coolidge, David Amram, Dean Moriarty, Eric Havelock, French Canadian, Gary Snyder, Gerald Nicosia, Gilbert Milstein, Gilbert Sorrentino, Gogol, Jack Kerouac, Jimmy Smith, John Leland, Joyce Johnson, Kenneth Rexroth, Kristen Stewart, Larry Lee, Lester Young, Lew Welch, Lewis MacAdams, Life Of Crime News Letter, Lord Buckley, Lu Anne Henderson, Modern Poetry, Neal Cassady, New York City, New York Times, On The Road, One And Only, Paul Maher, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Flash, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Talks, Poets, Rimbaud, Robert Frank, Sal Paradise, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac, The True Story Behind On The Road., The Voice Is All, Thomas R. Bierowski, Thomas Wolfe, Tim Hunt, Why Kerouac Matters, Windblown World | 1 Comment

Minimalist Poetry

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership & Interested Parties From: The Parole Officer, NBBPS Subject: A Conceptual Roundtable Fortuitous accident, chance, a throw of the dice, a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, call it what you will, is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alexsandr Makarov-Krotov, Anselm Hollo, Aram Saroyan, Basho, Black Bart, California Poetry, Clark Coolidge, Darrell Gray, Dave Morice, Ezra Pound, G.P. Skratz, Ivan Akhmetyev, John M. Bennett, Joyce Holland, Lillian Van Den Broeck, Marcel Duchamp, Mikhail Faynerman, Modern Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Robert Grenier, Robert Lax, Ron Padgett, Schools of Poetry, Steven Lavoie, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, William Carlos Williams | 1 Comment