“There are actually so many dope poets in New Zealand it’s literally disproportionate as well as a national mystery” Why do you think poetry is so hot right now? Because…
“Poetry has a magic and heft to it that other writing doesn’t.” Why do you think poetry is so hot right now? At the moment, the major university presses and…
“…people are realising that our frantic-paced, growth-obsessed, world-destroying capitalist society is failing to nurture us, and poetry allows us to slow down, reassess, and repair.” Why do you think poetry…
Jim Wilson’s Blog, 22 October 2015 I am living in New Jersey and it is a very pleasant time of year with the leaves changing colours and everything. Shortly…
This was an entirely agreeable poster run which took place over three or four days and featured a dozen Kiwi poets: Hinemoana Baker, Stephen Oliver, David Eggleton, Jay Clarkson, Aroha Harris,…
A Word to the Wise Guy Lowell is about thirty miles out of Boston and is apparently ahead of that city (‘Beantown’) in all the crime stats. Lowell has a population of around 100,000 people and many of them…
How to Put Up a Poster This was a little run I did each morning starting the week after Gil Scott-Heron’s death. It was also around the time that Errol Hincksman…
We drove into Philly early in the morning of Memorial Day. There were not a lot of people around and it was very peaceful and quiet. This always sets the…
This was yet another poster run in the Phantom Billstickers poetry poster series. It was a beautiful spring morning as we headed off to Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey. I buy…
I was carrying poetry posters by the Kiwi Poets Janet Frame, Frankie McMillan, Tusiata Avia, Chris Knox, and Lawrence Arabia. Then I had some posters by the American, Robert Creeley. Boy,…
Who Dat? We took off for New Orleans on Boxing Day. Americans don’t have Boxing Day really. They tend to want to gravitate to the malls so that the whole…
This was a nice and casual feeling poster run on a warm Saturday in September just as the seasons were beginning to change. The leaves are a beautiful colour here…
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