“A writer is a reader moved to emulation” –Saul Bellow I have been preparing notes for my upcoming talk on “Emulation, Originality, And The Writing Tradition” at the Ojai Center For The Arts. There is no better place than London to have spent time thinking about the English literary tradition. In this talk I intend …
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“Everything changes except the avant garde” –Paul Valéry Our new place is walking distance from Libbey Bowl, so we sauntered over last night to hear some world-class contemporary classical as the kickoff to the 2007 Ojai Music Festival. The evening was predominantly focused on works for two piano performed by Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams. …
The 2007 Ojai Poetry Festival has come and gone. Whew! We started deep planning back in 2006–and the day-and-a-half of readings and discussions, as well as all the between-the-lines schmoozing and feasting–absolutely flew by. It was great to have Sandra Alcosser in town. She teaches at Pacific, and I was really impressed, during the January …
Click to enlarge Strong winds swept through our little valley last night, pounding the roof with oak branches and tipping the mailbox post askew. Aside from one huge branch dangling above our front yard, our place is fairly unscathed. Others fared worse. Aerial wires are dangling like shoe string and power, internet, and other utilities …
In preparation for what promises to be an outstanding festival this coming May, The Ojai Poetry Festival just launched a newly redesigned website where you can learn more about the event that brings poets such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Jane Hirshfield, and Gary Snyder to Ojai every other year for readings and …
Had a great time with Lisa Snider this evening being interviewed for Radio Ojai. We talked about what Code Poet might mean, the writing process, where inspiration comes from and how it makes it to the page, and other fun stuff. I read a couple poems: Berkeley Hills Exodus and Neruda’s Grammar School Crush, and …
