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Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper
In this E-Fishwrapper:
1)Robin Blaser's reading at TESC canceled due to Snow. (argh!)

Robin was to have read tomorrow (Monday) from the brand new edition of The Holy Forest, just released by the University of California Press in the class taught by Leonard Schwartz. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10430.html http://kaos.evergreen.edu/programs/cc_poetics.html Everybody is hoping this can be rescheduled.

Robin Blaser, one of the key North American poets of the postwar period, emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s as a central figure in that burgeoning literary scene. The Holy Forest, now spanning five decades, is Blaser's highly acclaimed lifelong serial poem. This long-awaited revised and expanded edition includes numerous published volumes of verse, the ongoing "Image-Nation" and "Truth Is Laughter" series, and new work from 1994 to 2004. Blaser's passion for world making draws inspiration from the major poets and philosophers of our time--from friends and peers such as Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Charles Olson, Charles Bernstein, and Steve McCaffery to virtual companions in thought such as Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, among others. This comprehensive compilation of Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century will stand as the definitive collection of his unique and luminous poetic oeuvre.
2) Organic Poetry Workshop Series at Park Place Books Tuesday nights starting Jan 23.
We had an excellent time at the Hugo House for our one day workshop. In January we start at Park Place Books in Kirkland for an in-depth look at this stance-toward-poem-making and cosmology. There is a tradition of poem-making in North America that Robert Duncan (in dialog with Denise Levertov) called Organic. It is a continuum, and is in-sync with a holistic (organismic) world view. In our workshop we'll hear clips of interviews, and/or poems from poets partial to this approach, experience the state of consciousness that brings such poems into being and see if we can write some. Poets who may be covered include Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure, George Bowering, Charles Olson and others.
Instructor: Paul Nelson
Meets: Tuesdays, Jan. 23-Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. Min. 5 Max. 15
Please register today at 206.322.7030.

3) Please consider a contribution.

Global Voices Radio is the non-profit corporation which provides the resources for these e-newsletters. As the year is coming to an end, we’d appreciate your consideration for a small tax-deductible contribution to help our work. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and our tax I.D. number is 91-161-8296. Due to the city of Auburn’s recent decision to cancel our radio consulting contract, we need your help today more than ever. You can do that on-line via paypal at: http://www.globalvoicesradio.org/contact.html or at the address above. Thanks for your consideration.

4) Wordstorm in Nanaimo, BC

Wordstorm is a new reading, performing spoken word event that promises to take Nanaimo and Vancouver Island by storm. Check out the details at the link. Interested readers can contact David Fraser by email. ascentaspirations@shaw.ca First night January 25th, 7:00 P.M.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/cafeslam.htm

WordStorm is an on-going reading series that focuses on the spoken word whether it is in the form of poetry, short fiction, storytelling, improv, music and song. WordStorm is both a reading series and a fun and excitingly competitive spoken word competition. The readings will always be a mix of genres, and the sign-up for WordStorm will be in two categories, poetry and prose. The key elements will be quality writing and entertainment. The judges will be chosen from the audience for each WordStorm and audience participation is required. Sign up for WordStorm is between 6:30 and 7:00. Admission is $3.00 at the door. The money collected goes entirely to prize winners each night and towards our annual Super WordStorm Night in November 2007. The Bombay Lounge has a capacity of 40 people, so don't be disappointed, reserve ahead through the paypal link or take your chances at the door. All reservations must be picked up before 6:30 or they become void and spaces will be given out on a first come first served basis. http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/cafeslam.htm

5) Temple Book Store news from Charles Potts

NEW CD's & DVD's From the Temple

Edward Smith, reading at the WWPP03 and at the Zig Zag Gallery and Pot Shop in Seattle, 1967
Karen Waring, reading in Seattle in 1967
WWPP 2003
WWPP 2005, CD and DVD
Cavedweller, The Best Version of Gloria There Ever Was
Klyd Watkins, Harp All made of Gold


There’s a lot going on at The Temple, not all of it visible yet, as 2007 promises to be a huge year for a new website we’re developing. We need to know if you are interested in hearing about all of this. A simple reply will establish your interest, as will the purchase of one or more of our fine CDs, or the CD-DVD collection from the Last, repeat Last, Walla Walla Poetry Party in 2005. info@thetemplebookstore.com (Editor's note. The Klyd Watkins CD is remarkable. One of the best spokenword/music collaborations I have ever heard.)

6) Peace Protest well worth Jumping On.

From Linda Crosfield near Nelson, BC: Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter. But they don't want marching in the streets. They'd much rather protesters just stay home. The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, whose goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. 22 while focusing on world peace. "The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it," Reffell said Sunday. "Your mind is like a blank. It's like a meditative state." "And mass meditations have been shown to make a change." The couple are no strangers to sex and social activism. Sheehan brought together nearly 50 women in 2002 who stripped naked and spelled out the word "Peace." The stunt spawned a mini-movement called Baring Witness that led to similar unclothed demonstrations worldwide.
The couple have studied evolutionary psychology and believe war is mainly an outgrowth of men trying to impress potential mates, a case of "my missile is bigger than your missile," as Reffell put it. By promoting what they hope to be a synchronized global orgasm, they hope to have people channel their sexual energy into something more positive. The couple said interest appears strong, with 26,000 hits a day to their website, www.globalorgasm.org. "The dream is to have everyone in the world (take part)," Reffell said. "And if that means laying down your gun for a few minutes, then hey, all the better."

7) Jeanne Lohmann Contest for 2007

The Olympia Poetry Network invites Washington poets to enter the 4th Annual Lohmann Contest. This year, thanks to the generosity of the San Francisco poets that judge the contest, the award for the top 3 winners is now $200.00 each. In 2003, to honor Jeanne's birthday and mentoring, her poet friends from San Francisco (Friends) approached the Olympia Poetry Network (OPN) and asked us to coordinate a contest in Jeanne's name. The Friends would judge the poems, and provide the awards (equal amounts to 3 top poets), while OPN would provide the coordination of the contest. OPN and Friends invite you to enter 1 poem (up to 2 pages, double-spaced). The submittal period begins December 1, 2006 and runs through January 31, 2007. For additional contest information see below or go to our website at http://home.comcast.net/~yake/opn.lohmann.htm

9) From Empire to Earth Community discussion and study group on the way forward, inspired by David Korten’s book on the Great Turning and his dramatic power point presentation. Time of initial gathering: 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Wed. Nov. 29 (6:30 – 7:00 social coffee & desert time). Location: 6039 So. Redwing Street 98118 in Upper Rainier Beach (uphill from Rainier on 57th, left on Waters, left on Redwing, on the right past 2 new houses). Joan Weiss will host (206-723-4447) and Dick Burkhart will facilitate. Let Dick know if you’d like to help out in some way, especially with your own questions / issues to address, resource materials, global vision, or organizational ideas. One hot topic you won’t want to miss: the dramatic tensions between developing earth community via local global cultural, economic, and governance initiatives (the localization vs. globalization debate).
Dick Burkhart
dickburkhart@comcast.net

10) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Vallum: contemporary poetry

THEME ISSUE 5:1 - SPIRIT

Stonehenge, the ancient pyramids, the seven wonders of the world, earth chakras, temples, breath--where does Spirit reside? Is it something in
the self, an energetic power? Is it divine awakening? Is Spirit an entity? Where does the power of the Spirit come from? How is it captured in
poetry? Spirit also motivates growth and change.

Send us your best poems on the theme issue: SPIRIT.

Deadline: February 28, 2007

Send to: Vallum / Spirit
PO Box 48003
Montreal, QC
Canada H2V 4S8

Send max. 6-8 poems.

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Paul E. Nelson
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