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By UrWill Rocks! Rising high up above, the waxing Moon… The North American black bear visited summer poetry camp a few times this year; always by itself, generally around midnight, and never afraid. Large-lunged snorts, breaking branches through the leafy raspberry patch, a shadow as soft as a 70 ton steam-powered excavation loader – with …
Continue reading Submissions for LoveShovelReview camp edition due TOMORROW!!
What exactly is BAFS Summer Camp? What might one experience while at Love Shovel Ranch? How are the classes organized? What kind of people can attend a BAFS class? Will I fit in? How free is it? These are some …
Continue reading The Beyond Academia Free Skool Summer Poetry Camp Preview by Scarlett Levi
Sunday, January 31st, 2016 was a big day for Beyond Academia Free School folks and for the Nederland Poetry scene. After the biggest monthly class ever held at Love Shovel Ranch (led by Forrest Lotterhos and Ellie Swenson on Confessional Poetry), six of the BAFS poets headed over in the softly falling snow to …
The large, round mahogany table, surrounded by tall maroon leathered upholstery, sat in a dimly lit corner of License No. 1, the former Catacombs bar, just off the Pearl Street walking mall. Circling the mahogany perimeter: A double Jameson with just a couple of rocks in a whiskey glass; a ruby-red Negroni aperitif with an orange …
Welcome to Boulder Poetry Tribe’s Preview of the Beyond Academia Free Skool’s second annual Summer Poetry Camp. You can check out all the info at loveshovelranch.com, but the BPT is here for you to try and sort thru and make sense of their loaded schedule of events and workshops. WHEN: Sunday, July 12th thru Monday, …
Continue reading The Beyond Academia Free Skool Summer Poetry Camp Preview
The problem with trying to write about Max Toast is that when you start interviewing him you are drinking a bottle of vodka and a bottle of wine and you’re passing joints and cigarettes and things start to get hazy really fast. Max’s mind moves at approximately 287 miles per minute, and you better listen …
Continue reading Max Will Toast Your Brain: Caitlan Mitchell interviews Max Toast
Hailing originally from Maryland, Caitlan Mitchell is currently a MFA candidate at the Jack Kerouac School in Boulder, Colorado. As a matter of habit, I (& a few other local poets) attend the So, You’re A Poet Monday night open mic at the beginning of the Naropa Summer Writing Program to get a glimpse at …
