Tag Archives: Russian River

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 →

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A Taxonomy Of Poets

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

A Taxonomy of Poets from Ode To Sunset —A Year In The Life of American Genius— a fiction by Pat Nolan Carl Wendt, poetry polymath and flaneur, has a genius, whether American or not, for finding patrons who will regularly … Continue reading →

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Bromige Was Here

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Bromige Was Here Remembering David Bromige (1933-2009) by Pat Nolan David Bromige was here. Although, truth be told, he wasn’t from here. Like many coastal Northern Californians, he was from elsewhere: England, then Canada, and finally, rustication north of the … Continue reading →

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Into The Heart Of Wetness

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Sonoma County, California, the west of the county specifically, received three visitors in the last days of February and early into March of 2019. One was unwelcome and made a big impact, and the other two, although welcome and appreciated, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Albuquerque, Austin, Barbara Henning, Basho, Black Bart, Brooklyn, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Denver, Eric Johnson, haikai no renga, haiku, iota press, Jack Kerouac, La Jolla, Lewis Warsh, Maureen Owen, Mobile, Modern Poetry, Monte Rio, New Orleans, New York City, North Bay Letterpress Arts, outlaw poets, Pat Nolan, Pensacola, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, renku, Russian River, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Sebastopol, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, Tucson, Venice | 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

Poetry In Exile

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Poetry in Exile Introduction to Exile In Paradise by Pat Nolan (Nualláin House, Publisher, 2017) Some fifty years ago a friend loaned or gifted me Kenneth Rexroth’s One Hundred Poems from the Chinese, and as is commonly acknowledged a loaned book … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Arthur Waley, Bill Porter, Buddhism, Burton Watson, California, California Poetry, Chinese Poetry, Chinese poets, Clifford Burke, Cranium Press, David Hinton, Exile In Paradise, Ezra Pound, Famous Last Words, Gary Snyder, Han Shan, Jim Haining, Jonathan Chaves, Kenneth Rexroth, Li Po, Lu Yu, Maureen Owen, Mike O’Connor, Modern Poetry, Nualláin House, Pat Nolan, Paul Hansen, Po Chu-I, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Red Pine, Robert Payne, Russian River, Schools of Poetry, Shih-wu, Steven Lavoie, Su Tung-p’o, T’ao Ch’ien, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, Tu Fu, Wang Wei, Witter Bynner | Leave a comment

Contributor’s Notes

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership & Interested Parties From: Pat Nolan, Charter Member, NBBPS Subject: The California School of New York Poets Up Late, American Poetry Since 1970, generously compiled by Andrei Codrescu, and published by 4walls8windows in 1987, has been referred … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alice Notley, Andrei Codrescu, Bill Berkson, Blue Suede Shoes, California, Clark Coolidge, Clifford Burke, Darrell Gray, David Bromige, David Highsmith, David Shapiro, G.P. Skratz, Gail King, Gary Snyder, Gloria Frym, Hart Crane, Hunce Voelcker, James Schuyler, Jeffrey Miller, Jim Gustafson, Keith Abbott, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Lana Micheleczko, Larry Fagin, Life Of Crime News Letter, Michael-Sean Lazarchuk, Modern Poetry, Monte Rio, New York City, New York Poets, New York School, Opal Nations, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Richard Brautigan, Ron Padgett, Russian River, Schools of Poetry, Steve Carey, Steven Lavoie, Steven Lavoie. Lavoie, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, Trevor Winkfield, Victoria Rathbun | 1 Comment

Steve Carey, Smith Going Backward

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership and Interested Parties From: Pat Nolan, Charter Member of the NBBPS Subject: Steve Carey, Smith Going Backward SMITH GOING BACKWARD* Steve Carey’s Smith Going Backward is still, for me, one of the most vital books of contemporary … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Bill Bathurst, California, California Poetry, Edmund Berrigan, John Ashbery, John Godfrey, Life Of Crime News Letter, Modern Poetry, New York City, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Russian River, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Steve Carey, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School | Leave a comment

Scooping Black Bart

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Nuallain House, Publishers

To: The Membership and Interested Parties From: Irish, NBBPS historian Subject: The Arrest of Black Bart, the PO8 SCOOPING BLACK BART “I was then working on the San Francisco Examiner, the cubbiest of cub reporters,” wrote Josiah Ward. He was … Continue reading →

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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