Category: Writing

On Diane di Prima (Again)

for Lindsey Trout Danielle Mackey Katie Madges Katie Consamus Magan Wiles New Yorkers all   As some of you know, I have recently taken to the writing of Diane di Prima. You know this because…

The Typewriter Is Holy

Later this summer at Cafe Ventana, I’ll be facilitating a reading group of the new book, The Essential Ginsberg.  I was just rereading Bill Morgan’s history,  The Typewriter is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat…

 Fullness and Emptiness/2

Before Carla’s presentation at the Peace Center Henry reminisced with me as we both ate tabouli and fries pitas “The first time I went to Guatemala I was there for a couple of weeks When…

Powerhouse

Carol Becherer Wright sent me this notecard in the mail, said it reminded her of our writing classes, and how they’ve “made me who I am.”   Notecard by Janice Scherer www.janicescherer.com

Last Session of Spring Writing Class

Katrina Becker, Carol Becherer Wright, Ron Laney, Fatima Rhodes, Chelsea Eva Jaeger,  Susan Anning Clark, and April Ulinski–thanks for your creative camaraderie today at Cafe Ventana! Another wonderful class comes to an end. So I remember Thich Nhat Hanh says,…