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Book Reviews

A review of Commonplace in SPREAD

I have completed a 151-word review of Hugo García Manríquez’s Commonplace (Cardboard House Press, 2022) and it is now available in the current January issue of SPREAD. You can acquire this publication by emailing me or spankstra@hotmail.com.

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Libraries My Publications

An article on indigenous librarianship is available

I have occasionally written for the Washington Library Association’s Alki magazine, which tends to center exciting topics. I have a new article available in the latest issue.

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Book Reviews

The last review of 2022: A Summoning by Nicole McCarthy

My latest review is live on North of Oxford: Nicole McCarthy’s A Summoning.

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Book Reviews

New Review: Amy Barone’s Defying Extinction

My latest book review has appeared in Rain Taxi. It’s for Amy Barone’s Defying Extinction (Broadstone, 2022).

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Music My Publications

New audio: Exhume

I’ve just gotten back from a retreat at the Whiteley Center on San Juan Island, where I spent a few days roaming around the rainforest and coastline seeking out more field recordings, studying intimacy, and generally finding myself enjoying the natural solitude.

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Event Recaps My Poetry

Shadowscrawler Reading and “Eight Nights of Deep” Poem

Poetry Reading Winter Solstice 2022
The Winter Garden at Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum

The Shadowscrawler Reading this past Winter Solstice was the coldest reading I’ve ever hosted and the coldest reading I’ve ever read at.

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My Poetry My Publications

GOOS II Released

GOOS II: Straddle is now out and about. Contact me for copies. Limited print run. Also written with AI (InferKit and GPT).

I read from this book last night at the Bulldog Poetry series. When the recording is made available I will link to it here.

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Upcoming Events

Shadowscrawler: Notes for the Solstice

Here is an announcement for an upcoming reading in the dark at the Arboretum in Seattle. 9pm on 12/21/22, the Winter Solstice.

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Past Events

G Ooze Live Reading, Underbelly Poetry Reading

Eric Acosta and friends explore GOOS I through reading and singing, at the Underbelly Reading Series.

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Generative Works My Poetry My Publications

GOOS I Created and Released

I’m excited to announce that my latest book was released last Wednesday at the Underbelly Poetry Reading in Seattle. GOOS I is the first book under my working name G. Ooze. It’s the first in a series I am still realizing.

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Book Reviews

New review: Vanguards of Holography

It’s been quite a while, but I’ve got a new review up for Annie Christain’s The Vanguards of Holography. Many thanks to North of Oxford for continuing to host this ongoing body of work.

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Generative Works My Poetry

AI Text Experiments: What is Ooze in Real Life?

More from InferKit.

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Generative Works

AI Text Experiments: What is a Slime Ball?

More from InferKit.

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Generative Works

AI Text Experiments: What type of poetry does Greg Bem write?

Have you heard of InferKit? I’ve been using it once in a while, here and there, to create short prose works. Not for anything other than my own morbid AI curiosity. I decided to try and generate a bio note today, which inspired the AI to come up with a (not yet created) book and a brand new, Whitmanesque poem. The prompt is first in bold, and then the generative text.

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My Publications

A New Sound Project: roarbuzz

It’s been a while since I posted any new audio works. This is the first new exploration in sound since May 2021’s Dunn Gardens. roarbuzz uses found sound from a hostel in Banff, along with Paul’s Extreme Sound Stretch, and a bunch of EQing in Ableton. The result is the most ambient work I’ve ever created, and the first in a sequence of audio projects that are connected to a larger performance piece in development. Stream below or visit the roarbuzz Bandcamp page to purchase/download.