Richard Hugo House
Eastside Winter 2007 Classes
Parkplace Books, Kirkland, WA

Special thanks to Parkplace Books and The Publishing Institute.

Registration for Hugo House members starts Dec. 5; for non-members, registration starts Dec. 12. For more info on classes, registration, and scholarships, contact Registrar at (206) 322-7030, or email registrar@hugohouse.org. Classes take place at Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Center
Kirkland, WA 98033 (425-828-6546).

Interview/Reading: Paul Nelson will talk about “organic poetry” and read from his work on Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at Parkplace Books, 7-8:30 pm. Interview by Michael Dylan Welch.

Organic Poetry
Ever have the experience of a really good poem that writes itself? Ever consider training yourself to write that way? There is a tradition of poem-making in North America that Robert Duncan (in dialog with Denise Levertov) called Organic. 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
Cost: $180 Members; $195 General

Paul Nelson, co-founder of SPLAB, is author of "A Time Before Slaughter" an epic poem re-enacting Auburn history. His voice has been heard on KPLU, KMTT and other local radio stations. He's interviewed Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Anne Waldman, Wanda Coleman, Diane di Prima, Jerome Rothenberg, Eileen Myles and Victor Hernandez Cruz, has facilitated over 200 poetry workshops, is doing his graduate work on "Open Form in North American Poetry: A Path to Liberation," and writes an American Sentence daily.