Interview with Ginsberg
The Yiddish Book Center offers this interesting 1969 interview with Allen Ginsberg in Montreal several days after the death of Jack Kerouac.
To Contend, To Enliven, To Distance, To Advocate, To Investigate, To Rally, To Prioritize, To Surprise
I’ve read Anne Waldman since 2001 (Fast Speaking Woman: Chants and Essays got me started). Her epics, poems, interviews, and edited anthologies (from the Kerouac School at Naropa) stimulate and open up possibilities. One of…
Share the Wealth with Marty and Jerry King: When a House becomes a Home
We began our journey of serving the homeless almost 40 years ago by volunteering to provide meals and serve in other ways at Karen House, the Catholic Worker shelter for women. The journey continued when…
In the News: Aung San Suu Kyi Not Worthy of Elie Wiesel Award
There is more than one irony in this New York Times article.
Chân Không’s Secret
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed. But I try to work one day at a time. If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever…
Using the Cell Phone
Breathing in, I know that I am texting. Breathing out, it’s a miracle to be alive.
Improv Wisdom: Spring Online Class 2018
There are people who prefer to say “Yes,” and there are people who prefer to say “No.” Those who say “Yes” are rewarded by the adventures they have, and those who say “No” are rewarded…
Short, Savory, and Sound: Aitken’s Miniatures
In fall 2000 I first encountered Robert Aitken Roshi with his book, The Dragon Who Never Sleeps, a collection of scores of four-line poems, or gathas. Nine years later, I read his Miniatures of a…
Congratulations to Jason Makansi!
Friends, I highly recommend Jason’s novel–here’s a blurb I wrote for it… “Religious texts aver that to save one life is akin to saving the entire world. The beauty of Jason Makansi’s novel is in…