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I Remember Tom Clark

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

I Remember Tom Clark (with a tip of the laurel crown to Joe Brainard) by Pat Nolan I remember the first time I heard Tom Clark’s name mentioned was at the Bull’s Eye Tavern in Monterey, California in 1966 or … Continue reading →

New To The Society’s Shelves

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

New To The Society’s Shelves Over the past year The New Black Bart Poetry Society has acquired either as review/gift/comp copies, subscription, and or diligent used bookstore browsing a fair but not overwhelming number of books to add to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alice Notley, Bill Berkson, Bill Porter, Bob Arnold, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Carnegie Mellon University Press, Clemens Starck, Coffee House Press, David Bromige, Doc Dachtler, Empty Bowl Press, Fell Swoop, Gary Snyder, George Schneeman, Hirato Renkichi, Jack Kerouac, Jerome Rothenberg, Joel Dailey, Kevin Power, Longhouse Press, Main St Rag, Modern Poetry, New York City, outlaw poets, Pat Nolan, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, Red Pine, Robert Duncan, Sam Hamill, Schools of Poetry, Talisman Press, The Moron Channel, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, Tim Hunt, Tom Weigel, Ugly Duckling Presse | Leave a 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

The Great Broadside Swipe

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Nuallain House, Publishers

The Great Broadside Swipe and Other Proceedings of the 2nd Black Bart Poetry Society Convention Celebrating the Life and Work of Joanne Kyger (1934—2017) Commonweal Retreat Center Bolinas Calif. July 22, 2017. by Steven Lavoie Decades passed, yet she persisted. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alan Bernheimer, Alastair Johnston, Alice Notley, Alli Warren, Andrei Codrescu, Anne Valley-Fox, Anne Waldman, Arthur Okamura, Bill Hawley, Bill Porter, Black Bart, Bob Grenier, Bolinas, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Cedar Sigo, Clifford Still, Clive Matson, David Highsmith, David Meltzer, Diana Middleton-McQuaid, Donald Allen, Donald Guravich, Duncan McNaughton, Edgar Allan Poe, Frances McDermott, G.P. Skratz, Garrett Caples, George Lakoff, George Mattingly, Gloria Frym, Grace Gomez, Jack Spicer, Jennifer Curtis, Jess, Jim Nesbit, Jim Zeno, Joanne Kyger, Joe Dunn, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Lewis MacAdams, Life Of Crime News Letter, Luis Buñuel, Margot Patterson Doss, Mark Rothko, Maureen Owen, Michael Lerner, Michael McClure, Michael Rothenberg, Michael Wolfe, Modern Poetry, Nemi Frost, outlaw poets, Patrick Reagh, Philip Whalen, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, Red Pine, Richard Brautigan, Robert Duncan, Robert Zagone, Robin Blaser, Ron Loewinsohn, Ron Padgett, Stephen Ratcliffe, Steven Lavoie, The Commonweal, The New Black Bart Poetry Society | 6 Comments

Edgy Dreams

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Dreaming On The Edge; Poets & Book Artists in California Alastair M. Johnston, Oak Knoll Press, 2016 Some finely crafted small books, despite the richness of their contents and the originality of their design, often pass unnoticed at the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alastair Johnston, Betsy Davids, Black Bart, Brooke Holve, California, California Poetry, Clifford Burke, Dave Hazelwood, David Meltzer, Denise Levertov, Dreaming On The Edge, Ed Ruscha, Eric Johnson, Frances Butler, Gary Snyder, Graham Mackintosh, Holbrook Teter, Jack Spicer, Jaime Robles, Joanne Kyger, judi goldberg, Kathy Walkup, Kenneth Rexroth, Les Ferriss, Life Of Crime News Letter, Michael McClure, Modern Poetry, Oak Knoll Press, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, Richard Brautigan, Robert Duncan, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, William Everson | 1 Comment

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

Epilegomena To The Prolegomena

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership & Interested Parties From: Pat Nolan. Charter Member, NBBPS Subject: Epilegomena to the Prolegomena In October of 2015 I took part in a group reading for the new edition of Philip Whalen’s Prolegomena to a Study of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Black Bart, David Edelman, Ezra Pound, Gary Holthaus, Jack Kerouac, James Haug, Jim Wilson, Joel Dailey, Modern Poetry, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, Samuel Green, Sandy Berrigan, Schools of Poetry, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, William S. Burroughs | Leave a comment

Way Way West

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership and Interested Parties From: Steven Lavoie, Charter Member of the NBBPS Subject: The Actualist Dispersal to the San Francisco Bay Area WAY WAY WEST The Actualist Dispersal to the San Francisco Bay Area by Steven Lavoie The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Actualists, Alastair Johnston, Andrei Codrescu, Barrett Watten, Black Bart, Bob Perelman, California, California Poetry, Clark Coolidge, Clifford Burke, Curtis Faville, Darrell Gray, Dave Morice, David Meltzer, G.P. Skratz, George Mattingly, Iowa City, Iowa Writers Workshop, Jerry Ratch, Jim Nisbet, Keith Abbott, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Life Of Crime News Letter, Mary Ann Hayden, Modern Poetry, New York City, outlaw poets, Parole, Philip K. Dick, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, Richard Brautigan, Robert Duncan, Robert Grenier, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, Schools of Poetry, Steven Lavoie, Surrealists, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society | 2 Comments

Past Present Future Part II

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership and Interested Parties From: Chinee, Grand Poobah NBBPS Subject: Prehistory, History, and Future of the NBBPS, Part Two THE NEW BLACK BART POETRY SOCIETY Its Prehistory, History, and Future PART TWO (delivered on October 3rd 2012 by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Allen Bernheimer, Andrei Codrescu, Black Bart, Blue Heron, Bob Kaufman, California Poetry, Darrell Gray, Duncan Mills, Elizabeth Herron, Girl Scout Herring, Jeanne Shultz, Joanne Kyger, Language Wars, Life Of Crime News Letter, Marcel Duchamp, Modern Poetry, New Black Bart Poetry Society, Parole, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Poltroon Press, River Reader, Russian River, San Francisco Poetry Center, Schools of Poetry, Snoopy, Steve Lavoie, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The Parole Officer | Leave a comment

Past Present Future, Part I

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership and Interested Parties From: Chinee, Grand Poobah, NBBPS Subject: Prehistory, History, and Future of the NBBPS, Part One THE NEW BLACK BART POETRY SOCIETY Its Prehistory, History, and Future A talk delivered on October 3rd 2012 by Grand … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Armstrong Woods State Park, Black Bart, Charles E. Boles, Copper Canyon Press, Counterpoint, David Hinton, Duncan Mills, Fort Ross, Groucho Marx, Guerneville, Life Of Crime News Letter, Marcel Duchamp, Maureen Hurley, Pat Nolan, Philip Whalen, PO8, Poltroon Press, Red Pine, River Reader, Russian River, Steve Lavoie, Susan Ryan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, Triztan Tzara | Leave a comment