that's the title of a list I began last nite. one of the entries is "Stanley Krippner to Diane Varsi." he is the parapsychologist. she is best known as an actress. because her career was short I fear she's not well known today. especially b…
that's the title of a list I began last nite. one of the entries is "Stanley Krippner to Diane Varsi." he is the parapsychologist. she is best known as an actress. because her career was short I fear she's not well known today. especially b…
I allow the past to inform my present. I bring them together in my work.& so I recently learnd of the death shortly before last Thxgiving of someone I knew briefly over 40 years ago. he was a singer/songwriter in a local band & one of "Thos…
actress Briza Covarrubias interviews me as we sit on the Poet's Bench. it's part of the documentary series "Aging Wildly."not sure why but I'm unable to create a link. so if you want to see the video you either have to search You Tube or cu…
last nite I startd looking thru old files in search of something. this morning I kept on. I still haven't found that something but I'm finding so much more.there's a file of my copies of letters -- most from 50 or more years ago. I humbly a…
a city-wide event calld XOXO. many offerings of music & theater & art. one artist transformd a whole building into a wild art happening to which I was invitd to read poems.& some of my writing was on display as well as a piece from my art s…
20 years ago I was the first poet to read at Palm Springs Art Museum. I began a series which ended with Anne Waldman. since then I've given some readings at galleries in town. but yesterday was a major addition to my list.my friend & neighb…
at the 2024 Hockney show at Palm Springs Art Museum. I'm holding a copy of my Poems that Fit in a Shoe open to an illiustration of a map David drew in my travel journal in Paris in oct 1973. what a month this will be for me: 1) my new book
the current exhibition at Morgan Library is "Friends Who Came to See Me." it's drawings of John Ashbery which David Kermani donated.of particular fascination to me is one by R. B. Kitaj. I feel like the midwife on that one.in an old journal…
what a month this will be for me:1) my new book -- A Litter of Lists -- is coming out.. it represents 55 years of list making. it can be orderd now from Sibling Rivalry Press.2) I'll be reading a few poems from the stage of the legendary Pl…
to celebrate Marilyn Monroe's centennial Palm Springs is putting on 4 days of events. the biggest was today -- breaking the world record for number of Marilyn impersonators in one place at one time.the city sold a packet of wig & dress. rat…
to celebrate Marilyn Monroe's centennial Palm Springs is putting on 4 days of events. the biggest was today -- breaking the world record for number of Marilyn impersonators in one place at one time. the city sold a packet of wig & dress. ra…