Help Name a Park After Diane di Prima
Women of the Beat Generation are hardly known. Let’s change that by naming a San Francisco park after the revolutionary Beat poet Diane di Prima. Continue reading Help Name a Park After Diane di Prima
Author: Jaime Dunkle
My Brother’s Escape
This essay is in memory of my late brother Stephen George Giarritta. Continue reading My Brother’s Escape
Silenced Resisters: Recovering 20th-Century Waves of Beatnik Women
Beatnik women deserve to be permanently added to the Beat Generation canon. Continue reading Silenced Resisters: Recovering 20th-Century Waves of Beatnik Women
Art of Peace Podcast
The Art of Peace podcast features notes on Aikido for all levels of practice, from NOLA Aikido in New Orleans. Hosted, produced, and packaged by Jaime Dunkle. Continue reading Art of Peace Podcast
A Eulogy for Patrick Haenelt
A eulogy for my dear friend and soul brother, Patrick Haenelt. Continue reading A Eulogy for Patrick Haenelt
4 Ways to Develop a Writing Habit
These simple exercises and mindsets helped me develop a writing habit, so I shared them with a friend who needed writing advice, and figured maybe someone else out there could use a boost, too. Continue reading 4 Ways to Develop a Writing Habit
Blood of a Poet
A sliver of my origin story. Continue reading Blood of a Poet
A Eulogy for Phil Western
Phil Western left this mortal coil two years ago today, and lives on in my heart, always. Continue reading A Eulogy for Phil Western
Grief Lessons
Happy Birthday to my late brother Stephen. He would be 45 today. <3 Continue reading Grief Lessons
Write Your First Lines Last
Don’t expect whatever you write first to open your story. Initial scribbles often start the writing process but not the actual prose. Continue reading Write Your First Lines Last
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