New Piece on ‘Dreaming’ and Poetry by Sandy McIntosh

Just added to the Explorations pages here a new piece by writer and poet Sandy McIntosh about the ways in which he has used “dreaming” and lucid dreaming to turn and shape them into poetry. Sandy was an attendee at Cleargreen workshops when Castaneda was alive, and also a participant in one of Stephen LaBerge’s Lucid Dreaming training workshops at Stanford. This new piece beautifully intertwines the themes of dreaming and poetry. The title of the new piece is A Dream Without A Dream Within: A Poetic Turn for Carlos Castaneda’s Lessons in Dreaming.

Sandy McIntosh’s 15 volumes of poetry and prose include, most recently Plan B: A Survivor’s Manual, Lesser Lights: More Tales from a Hamptons’ Apprenticeship, Obsessional, and A Hole in the Ocean: A Hamptons’ Apprenticeship. McIntosh received a BA from Southampton College, an MFA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the Union Graduate School (UECU). His work often explores the connections between dreaming and poetry. His poetry has been published in The New York Times, The Nation, and elsewhere. His journalism and Op-Eds have been published widely in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The New York Daily News, Newsday, and elsewhere. He is a winner of The Best American Poetry and a Silver Medal from the Film Festival of the Americas. For ten years he was the Managing Editor of Confrontation, Long Island University’s national literary journal. He is publisher of Marsh Hawk Press, Inc. His new piece here, inspired by dreaming and poetry, is from his forthcoming collection, Escape from the Fat Farm, which will be published in fall 2025.

Related Links:

• A Dream Without A Dream Within
• A Critical Bibliography of Carlos Castaneda
• Explorations