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 | Feb 9, 2010 | fiction, writing advice
Lit lovers and makers are in for a treat tonight when Entitled Opinions features author Tobias Wolff, who’ll be discussing his fiction, J.D. Salinger and the art of short stories. That’s today from 4pm to 5pm on KZSU 90.1 FM in the SF Bay Area or you can...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 7, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Came across a nice little poetry site this afternoon that I thought I’d share with you. It’s called hello poetry, which might not be the most poetic of urls but it’s a nifty way to find poems and uses of concepts through key word searches. Since the...
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 19, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing can lead to another? The right foot in front of the left. One synapse firing up the next. I recently received in the mail the winter issue of Geist magazine, which is, cover to cover, one of their finest in years. The art...
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 11, 2009 | grad school at UBC, just me talking to you, writing advice
I got up this morning and finished the teaching outline for the AMS mini-school application at UBC. They contacted me yesterday after a two month wait with the news that I’d been short-listed and now they were interested in seeing a syllabus I’d use for...
by Kevin Spenst | Nov 13, 2009 | grad school at UBC, poetry, writing advice
While there are tons of benefits to grad school, the downside is not having time for extras. Dear reader, you are certainly more than an extra, but what I’m saying is that I’ve been inundated with writing, reading, marking, blah, blah, etc. All the balls...
