by Kevin Spenst | Apr 7, 2010 | slightly skewed from serious, writing advice
No, the title above doesn’t refer to me. I’m stupefyingly optimistic, but that’s another story. L’Optimist Idioteque in question is none other than Alexandro Jodorowski, one of the most unique figures in the contemporary avant-garde scene. In...
by Kevin Spenst | Apr 3, 2010 | poetry
Perhaps T.S.Eliot, employed at Lloyd’s of London for eight years, was lamenting the influx of income tax forms in his famous poem “The Waste Land”. In any case, we now have National Poetry month to turn Eliot’s cruel adage on its head. In...
by Kevin Spenst | Mar 24, 2010 | writing s(c)een(e) in Vancouver
Essayist, editor, critic, and poet Carmine Starnino is reading tonight as part of Locution’s Reading Series at Pulp Fiction Books (2422 Main Street) 7:00 pm.
by Kevin Spenst | Mar 15, 2010 | poetry
Thanks to one of my classmates at the University of British Columbia, I’m currently on a Ken Babstock binge, a poet who’s fast becoming my favorite. On the weekend when I was playing pool in a pub where brawls are just a whiff away, I didn’t hesitate...
by Kevin Spenst | Mar 10, 2010 | just me talking to you, writing s(c)een(e) in Vancouver
Here’s something that’s a little embarrassing. After eight years of writing in various guises online I’ve never once plugged a single bookstore. They’ve provided me with places to meet friends on a rainy day, afternoons of musings through...
