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In this E-Fishwrapper, Spicy Words, Felicia Gonzalez' - Recollection Graffiti, Microsoft Art, Julene Tripp Weaver AIDS Case Manager book, a Jared Leising's new Writer's Resource Site & assorted notes.
1) Spicy Words
Los Norteños and the Seattle Public Library present:
Spicy Words & Voices II/ Palabras y Voces Picantes II
Seattle Public Library Main Branch Microsoft Auditorium
1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle 98104 (206)386-4667
Saturday June 16, 2007, 3PM to 5PM, Free Admission
Featuring: J. Andrew Rodriguez, Angela Martinez Dy, Maria Victoria Muguíra and others including Youth Speaks along with some Norteño members.
Musical entertainment by: Los Flacos Refreshement by Starbucks Coffee Company Book Sales by Elliott Bay Book Company Parking available at the Library.
Spicy Words & Voices II promises to be yet another very rich and entertaining journey into the Latino spirit. A new, second edition of the Los Norteños Chapbook, including some of the selections you will hear at this reading will be published and offered to the public.
2. Felicia Gonzalez Presents “Recollection Graffiti”
A multi-cultural literary reading in celebration of her chapbook release with Laurel Albina, Toni Bajado, and Gita Mehrotra. Tomorrow, June 14 at Richard Hugo House
Seattle, WA—join Palestinian/American, Filipina, Cuban, and South Asian writers Laurel Albina, Toni Bajado, Felicia Gonzalez, and Gita Mehrotra for “Recollection Graffiti,” a reading that draws together the threads of family life and identity amidst cultural shifts and confusions on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 7:30pm at Richard Hugo House. Admission is Free. Richard Hugo House is located at 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle.
About The Artists:
Laurel Albina is a Canadian born Palestinian/American writer and artist. In her spare time she is a union organizer and volunteers with the GI Rights hotline. She hates how strip malls make people drive everywhere, how TV sucks our creativity and how we put our elders in old folk homes.
Toni Bajado is the daughter of Filipino immigrants. Her poems have appeared in Calapooya Collage, Crosscurrents, when it rains from the ground up and others. This year, she was a featured reader at the Burning Word Poetry Festival. A section of her play, Fish, will be presented at the Pagdiriwang Filipino Festival on Sunday, June 10 at 3:00 pm at the Seattle Center House.
Felicia Gonzalez, was born and raised in Cuba. She has had poems published in various anthologies, including Word Thursdays. An alumna of the Hedgebrook Writers Retreat and the Jack Straw Writers Program, Felicia was a 2006 recipient of an individual artists grant from the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle for the newly released chapbook, Recollection Graffiti.
Gita Rani Mehrotra is a South Asian queer femme who writes to make sense of the complex intersections of heart, mind, self, and place, and to share creative narratives to make visible what has been erased by multiple forms of oppression. Gita has worked in the domestic violence movement for eleven years and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the UW. In March, she performed at Yoni Ki Baat ("the South Asian Vagina Monologues").
With MC Gitana Garofalo, Director of alumna relations, Hedgebrook Writers Retreat for Women. 206.380.9209
feliciargonzalez@yahoo.com
3. Microsoft Art Collection
Microsoft's art collection grows up
06/11/07 02:39 PM, EDT
Leah Erickson let out an exasperated growl when she spotted a banner advertising "Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007" crookedly thumbtacked above a row of photographs framed and lit with museumlike care.
FULL STORY http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/06/11/microsoft.art.ap/index.html
4) AIDS Case Manager Wails
Julene Tripp Weaver's first chapbook Case Walking: An AIDS Case Manager Wails Her Blues is available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. Advance sales are in effect now and go up to July 18th. Publication date is August 17th.
"There is much to behold and admire, much to be moved by, in these passionate and engaged poems that-individually and collectively-comprise a report from the front in the valiant war against AIDS, a report delivered by a poet with an unflinching heart and an all-seeing eye." Roy Jacobstein, M.D., M.P.H., author of A Form of Optimism, winner of the 2006 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize
Assuming you are interested in getting a copy and that your recreational reading includes subjects such as social work, the state of AIDS in America, secondary trauma, grief, loss and memorials for our many losses, then it is to your advantage to order during the advance sales period since shipping, within the United States, is free.
You can order directly from the Finishing Line website (www.finishinglinepress.com) by selecting "New Releases" from the menu on the left and using PayPal. Please contact Julene at newroots@drizzle.com if you would like a post card or an order form to mail a check to the press.
5) Open Books: A Poem Emporium
Open Books: A Poem Emporium / 2414 North 45th Street /Seattle, Washington 98103 / (206) 633-0811
store@openpoetrybooks.com / www.openpoetrybooks.com Tuesday - Thursday 12 - 6
Friday & Saturday 12 - 7 First Sunday of the month 12 - 4
-----------------------------------
Thursday 6/14 at 7:30 PM MARYROSE LARKIN & DONNA STONECIPHER Tuesday 6/19 at 7:30 PM ALAN CHONG LAU with SUSIE KOZAWA
Thursday 6/28 at 7:30 PM LUCIA PERILLO Thursday 9/13 at 7:30 NANCE VAN WINKEL
Thursday 10/4 at 7:30 ELLEN BASS & ELOISE KLEIN HEALY Tuesday 10/9 at 7:30 PAUL HUNTER & DAN MORRIS
6) Writers Resource Site
Hi, I'm writing to get your input on a resource site I've been working on with a UW-Bothell librarian, Leslie Bussert (who's done most of the
heavy lifting on this project).
We're attempting to create a community literature collection at the UWB/Cascadia Comm College library and one component of this involves
the following online resource: http://library.uwb.edu/guides/subjects/literature/communitylit/index.html.
In particular, we're having a hard time with the "authors page" because as Leslie says:
"I'm still struggling with the authors page - mainly because I had a heck of a time tracking down local author blogs. I think that's
because a) not everyone uses their names in their blogs, making them hard to find via a search engine, or b) they're not from our area. So
I've listed about 12 regional author sites/blogs, and basically my criteria for including them is that I actually found them and they had
content beyond a writing sample and contact info."
If you have any suggestions regarding this particular aspect of the site (or other parts of it) please send them. It's a work in progress
and I'm sure we're missing some things. Also, if you're a local writer and would like to be listed on the author site please send a link to your site or blog, and if you are listed and would prefer not to be, please let me know that as well.
Thanks for your time,
Jared Leising - jleising@gmail.com
I had fun at the Cheap Wine and Poetry and also the Subtext anniversary. Wish you were there. On to Tieton Saturday for the Artist Trust Fund-raiser. Thanks to all those who axed me to put their events on this here E-Fishwrapper. I am your humble servant, but will defend myself with an empty wine bottle if attacked, and will hitch a ride with an Army helicopter if offered one, but would you expect anything else?
Paul E. "Waiting for the White Sox to Start Hitting" Nelson, M.A.
Paul E. Nelson
www.GlobalVoicesRadio.org
www.SPLAB.org
Slaughter, WA 98002
253.735.6328 or 888.735.6328
Want off this email list? Just ask.
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www.GlobalVoicesRadio.org
www.SPLAB.org
908 I. St. N.E. #4
Slaughter, WA 98002
253.735.6328 or 888.735.6328
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Paul E. Nelson
Global Voices Radio/SPLAB!
Slaughter, WA 98002
253.735.6328
Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper
In this E-Fishwrapper, Subtext Tonight, new Bowering, Cheap Wino Poets at Hugo House Tomorrow, SPokenword Classes, Poems Around Greenlake & assorted notes.
1) Subtext turns 13 Tonight! Or 12!
From Nico: Come celebrate the launch of the reading series at our new home at the Chapel Performance Space at the Home Of The Good Shepherd. We're very excited to be working with Nonsequitur. Donations for admission will be taken at the door. The event starts at 7:30pm.
Performers for the evening include: Curtis Bonney, Joseph Bradshaw, Daniel Comiskey, Christine Deavel, April Denonno, Diana George, Adriana Grant, Marion Kimes, Drew Kunz, Sarah Mangold, Ezra Mark, Bryant Mason, Robert, Mittenthal, Paul Nelson, Mickey O'Connor, John Olson, Roberta Olson, C.E. Putnam, Willie Smith, Craig Van Riper, Nico Vassilakis, Maged Zaher.
previous readers:
David Abel,Charles Alexander,Will Alexander,Charles Altieri,Rae Armantrout,Eric Baus,Dodie Bellamy,Anselm Berrigan,Robin Blaser,Rachel Blau DuPlessis,Christian Bok,Charles Borkhuis,Jules Boykoff,Joseph Bradshaw,Jonathan Brannen,David Bromige,Lee Ann Brown,Rebecca Brown,Laynie Browne,Mary Burger,Clint Burnham,Avery Burns,Gerald Burns,Brian Carpenter,Tyler Carter,Maxine Chernoff,Susan Clark,Allison Cobb,Alicia Cohen,Norma Cole,Jen Coleman,Steve Collis,Daniel Comiskey,Lucy Corin,Peter Culley,KT Cutler,Jean Day,Christine Deavel,April DeNonno,Jeff Derksen,Vanessa DeWolf,Danika Dinsmore,Joseph Donahue,Stacy Doris,Buck Downs,kari Edwards,Zhang Er,Brian Evenson,Steve Farmer,Dan Farrell,Laura Feldman,Deanna Ferguson,Robert Fitterman,Ed Foster,William Fox,Kathleen Fraser,Ethan Fugate,Drew Gardner,Diana George,Peter Gizzi,Dale Going,Phil Good,Adriana Grant,Barbara Guest,Alan Halsey,Carla Harryman,Kreg Hasegawa,Jeanne Heuving,Crag Hill,Gary Hill,Jen Hofer,Anselm Hollo,Paul Hoover,Bill Horist-Steve Potter,Francois Houle,Susan Howe,However Quartet,Lisa Jarnot,Philip Jenks,Jim Jones,Andrew Joron,Joe Keppler,Steven Kessler,Kevin Killian,Marion Kimes,Maris Kundzins,Drew Kunz,Susan Landers,MaryRose Larkin,Jill Levine,Stacey Levine,Jodi Lundgren,Bill Luoma,Kathryn MacLeod,Michael Magoolaghan,David Maitlin,Rob Manery,Sarah Mangold,Chris Mann,Ezra Mark,Bryant Mason,Noemie Maxwell,Bernadette Mayer,David McAleavey,Meg McHutchison,Myung Mi Kim,Robert Mittenthal,Geraldine Monk,Laura Moriarty,Rusty Morrison,Charles Mudede,Harryette Mullen,NBB,Paul Nelson,Sianne Ngai,Alice Notley,Doug Nufer,Mickey O'Connor,Peter O'Leary,Douglas Oliver,Andi Olsen,Lance Olsen,John Olson,Roberta Olson,Mark Owens,Marjorie Perloff,David Perry,C.E. Putnam,Meredith Quartermain,Peter Quartermain,Reuben Radding,Judy Radul,Brett Ralph Belle Randall,Dan Raphael,Tom Raworth,Ed Roberson,Lisa Robertson,Elizabeth Robinson,Judith Roche,Janet Rodney,Martha Ronk,Rhoda Rosenfeld,Lou Rowan,Joe Safdie,Kaia Sand,Leslie Scalapino,Susan Schultz,Leonard Schwartz,Seattle School,Spencer Selby,Cathleen Shattuck,Steven Shaviro,Nancy Shaw,Aaron Shurin,Ron Silliman,Stephanie Skura,Mary Margaret Sloan,Rod Smith,Willie Smith,Maya Sonenberg,Kerri Sonnenberg,Juliana Spahr,Matthew Stadler,Staggered Thirds,Ron Starr,Christine Stewart,Donna Stonecipher,Catriona Strang,Chris Stroffolino,Mark Tardi,Nathaniel Tarn,Sharon Thesen,James Tierney,Lynne Tillman,Dorothy Trujillo Lusk,Jacqueline Turner,Craig Van Riper,Nico Vassilakis,Aaron Vidaver,Liz Waldner,Betsy Warland,Margareta Waterman,Jacqueline Waters,Barrett Watten,Karen Weiser,Elizabeth Willis,Melissa Wolsak,Kenji Yuda ,Lidia Yuknavitch Maged Zaher,Joseph Zitt
2. A Night of Cheap Poets and Wine Bottles
From Brian at the Hugo House: On June 7th, that experience will only grow stronger at the next "Cheap Wine and Poetry." Rain or shine, we'll be joined by Richard Hugo House Executive Director Lyall Bush, performer extraordinaire Jennifer Jasper, Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Keith, Organic Poetry facilitator (what!?!) Paul Nelson, (who!?!) and poet and Clarion West co-founder JT Stewart for a night of readings, performances, and maybe even a bit of the preternatural. As always, the uber-sassy Charla Grenz hosts, and the cheap wine flows for a buck a glass. So join us June 7th 7PM for a taste of transcendence.
WHAT: "A Night of Cheap Wine and Poetry" Featured readers: Lyall Bush, Jennifer Jasper, Jourdan Keith, Paul Nelson, (who?) and JT Stewart. Hosted by Charla Grenz.
WHEN: Tomorrow, Thursday, June 7th 7PM
WHERE: Richard Hugo House (1634 11th Ave. Seattle)
ETC: Wine: $1/glass, Open mic (Come early to sign-up!) FREE "Cheap Wine and Poetry" Tees for sale
3. George Bowering's U.S. Sonnets.
I received my copy of U.S. Sonnets - the new chapbook by George Bowering from pooka press. It is printed in a numbered limited edition of 100 copies (the first 20 copies signed by George Bowering) $10.00 ; signed copies $15.00 - for fastest payments email paypal payment to editors@pookapress.ca or send cheque or check or money order to: pooka press po box 2648 349 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 3W8. Makes me proud to be a U.S.A.merican. (Well, not all the poems. Well, really none of the poems. Amurka, ARGH!)
3) Your Poem Running Around Greenlake Deadline TODAY!!! (From A.K. Allin)
Dear Poets,
...I am organizing, now, "The Running Poets of Green Lake." As you know, The Green Lake pedestrian path is a 2.8 mile loop in the heart of Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood. It is wildly popular and thus a perfect place for poetry to go public. Participating runners will take a spin around the lake on Sunday 10 June 2007 while wearing poems written by local living poets.
I'd like "you" to participate.
1. Submit 1 short poem (max. 15 lines) to be printed on a cotton t-shirt
2. Include your name as you'd like it to appear
3. Include a short (5-10 line) bio to pass onto your runner
4. Send all info in the body of an e-mail to: mimiallin@gmail.com
5. Deadline: 6 June 2007!! That's soon.
100 shirts will be printed, each will have an RPGL logo on the front and a unique poem on the back. Artists retain all rights. If you are a runner or know runners who wish to participate, have them stop by on Sunday 10 June for a shirt (72nd & Aurora @ Green Lake). A.K. Allin,
4) Spokenword and Performance Poetry class from the SLAMMASTER.
Explore the art of performance poetry, engage in critique and analysis of past and present performers and poetic styles through text, video and audio samplings, find, develop, and refine your own voice through writing exercises and take written poems on the journey to become spoken word pieces/performance poems. Taught by Daemond Arrindell, Slammaster of the Seattle Poetry Festival.
July 7-August 1 $225.00
Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
There may not be a more humble and committed member of the local slam community than Daemond Arrindell. The Seattle Slammaster and producer of the longest running weekly show in Seattle - the Seattle Poetry Slam. Daemond is a 5-time coach of the Seattle National Poetry Slam Team, currently ranked 6th in the nation. A Workshop facilitator, community organizer, advocate and poet. 5% discount for registering before June 15, 2007. For more information, contact our registrar at (206) 323-7499x12 email: registrar@freeholdtheatre.org. To look at all of their classes: www.freeholdtheatre.org
5) WPA Contest Winners Reading and Faith Beamer Cooke Award this Sunday at BAM.
Washington Poets Association presents the 2007 Poetry Contest Winners! on Sunday, June 10, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
at Bellevue Arts Museum 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA
At this event certificates and checks will be awarded, the contest judges will speak, and the winning poets will be invited to read their
prize-winning poems. All Washington Poets Association members are encouraged to come early and attend the Annual WPA Membership Meeting, at 1 p.m. in the same location. Sunday, June 10th promises to be a beautiful day for poetry in Washington! Come out and enjoy the unfolding wonder of poetry in the Northwest! www.bellevuearts.org
I've two readings coming up in Seattle this week. Tonight at Subtext, at the Good Shepherd Center, I help Subtext celebrate 13 years of existence, making them (I think) the oldest local reading series. They have crafted and maintained what is easily the most intellectually challenging reading in Seattle. The Hugo House gig tomorrow night has three other fine writers and should be fun. Hugo House won the Faith Beamer Cooke Award for service to the literary community from the WPA and gets it on Sunday at the BAM reading. They have been the nexus of the local lit scene for over ten years and we owe them a great deal.
A.K. (Mimi) Allin is coming up with some very creative ways to get poetry to civilians and needs a few more good ones to hit her goal. Try to send her a short one today and watch it Sunday racing around Greenlake.
Stay outta trouble.
Paul E. Nelson, M.A.
Paul E. Nelson
www.GlobalVoicesRadio.org
www.SPLAB.org
Slaughter, WA 98002
253.735.6328 or 888.735.6328
Want off this email list? Just ask.
Contact: Paul E. Nelson
Global Voices Radio/SPLAB!
Slaughter, WA 98002
253.735.6328
Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper
In this E-Fishwrapper, Subtext Tonight, new Bowering, Cheap Wino Poets at Hugo House Tomorrow, SPokenword Classes, Poems Around Greenlake & assorted notes.
1) Subtext turns 13 Tonight! Or 12!
From Nico: Come celebrate the launch of the reading series at our new home at the Chapel Performance Space at the Home Of The Good Shepherd. We're very excited to be working with Nonsequitur. Donations for admission will be taken at the door. The event starts at 7:30pm.
Performers for the evening include: Curtis Bonney, Joseph Bradshaw, Daniel Comiskey, Christine Deavel, April Denonno, Diana George, Adriana Grant, Marion Kimes, Drew Kunz, Sarah Mangold, Ezra Mark, Bryant Mason, Robert, Mittenthal, Paul Nelson, Mickey O'Connor, John Olson, Roberta Olson, C.E. Putnam, Willie Smith, Craig Van Riper, Nico Vassilakis, Maged Zaher.
previous readers:
David Abel,Charles Alexander,Will Alexander,Charles Altieri,Rae Armantrout,Eric Baus,Dodie Bellamy,Anselm Berrigan,Robin Blaser,Rachel Blau DuPlessis,Christian Bok,Charles Borkhuis,Jules Boykoff,Joseph Bradshaw,Jonathan Brannen,David Bromige,Lee Ann Brown,Rebecca Brown,Laynie Browne,Mary Burger,Clint Burnham,Avery Burns,Gerald Burns,Brian Carpenter,Tyler Carter,Maxine Chernoff,Susan Clark,Allison Cobb,Alicia Cohen,Norma Cole,Jen Coleman,Steve Collis,Daniel Comiskey,Lucy Corin,Peter Culley,KT Cutler,Jean Day,Christine Deavel,April DeNonno,Jeff Derksen,Vanessa DeWolf,Danika Dinsmore,Joseph Donahue,Stacy Doris,Buck Downs,kari Edwards,Zhang Er,Brian Evenson,Steve Farmer,Dan Farrell,Laura Feldman,Deanna Ferguson,Robert Fitterman,Ed Foster,William Fox,Kathleen Fraser,Ethan Fugate,Drew Gardner,Diana George,Peter Gizzi,Dale Going,Phil Good,Adriana Grant,Barbara Guest,Alan Halsey,Carla Harryman,Kreg Hasegawa,Jeanne Heuving,Crag Hill,Gary Hill,Jen Hofer,Anselm Hollo,Paul Hoover,Bill Horist-Steve Potter,Francois Houle,Susan Howe,However Quartet,Lisa Jarnot,Philip Jenks,Jim Jones,Andrew Joron,Joe Keppler,Steven Kessler,Kevin Killian,Marion Kimes,Maris Kundzins,Drew Kunz,Susan Landers,MaryRose Larkin,Jill Levine,Stacey Levine,Jodi Lundgren,Bill Luoma,Kathryn MacLeod,Michael Magoolaghan,David Maitlin,Rob Manery,Sarah Mangold,Chris Mann,Ezra Mark,Bryant Mason,Noemie Maxwell,Bernadette Mayer,David McAleavey,Meg McHutchison,Myung Mi Kim,Robert Mittenthal,Geraldine Monk,Laura Moriarty,Rusty Morrison,Charles Mudede,Harryette Mullen,NBB,Paul Nelson,Sianne Ngai,Alice Notley,Doug Nufer,Mickey O'Connor,Peter O'Leary,Douglas Oliver,Andi Olsen,Lance Olsen,John Olson,Roberta Olson,Mark Owens,Marjorie Perloff,David Perry,C.E. Putnam,Meredith Quartermain,Peter Quartermain,Reuben Radding,Judy Radul,Brett Ralph Belle Randall,Dan Raphael,Tom Raworth,Ed Roberson,Lisa Robertson,Elizabeth Robinson,Judith Roche,Janet Rodney,Martha Ronk,Rhoda Rosenfeld,Lou Rowan,Joe Safdie,Kaia Sand,Leslie Scalapino,Susan Schultz,Leonard Schwartz,Seattle School,Spencer Selby,Cathleen Shattuck,Steven Shaviro,Nancy Shaw,Aaron Shurin,Ron Silliman,Stephanie Skura,Mary Margaret Sloan,Rod Smith,Willie Smith,Maya Sonenberg,Kerri Sonnenberg,Juliana Spahr,Matthew Stadler,Staggered Thirds,Ron Starr,Christine Stewart,Donna Stonecipher,Catriona Strang,Chris Stroffolino,Mark Tardi,Nathaniel Tarn,Sharon Thesen,James Tierney,Lynne Tillman,Dorothy Trujillo Lusk,Jacqueline Turner,Craig Van Riper,Nico Vassilakis,Aaron Vidaver,Liz Waldner,Betsy Warland,Margareta Waterman,Jacqueline Waters,Barrett Watten,Karen Weiser,Elizabeth Willis,Melissa Wolsak,Kenji Yuda ,Lidia Yuknavitch Maged Zaher,Joseph Zitt
2. A Night of Cheap Poets and Wine Bottles
From Brian at the Hugo House: On June 7th, that experience will only grow stronger at the next "Cheap Wine and Poetry." Rain or shine, we'll be joined by Richard Hugo House Executive Director Lyall Bush, performer extraordinaire Jennifer Jasper, Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Keith, Organic Poetry facilitator (what!?!) Paul Nelson, (who!?!) and poet and Clarion West co-founder JT Stewart for a night of readings, performances, and maybe even a bit of the preternatural. As always, the uber-sassy Charla Grenz hosts, and the cheap wine flows for a buck a glass. So join us June 7th 7PM for a taste of transcendence.
WHAT: "A Night of Cheap Wine and Poetry" Featured readers: Lyall Bush, Jennifer Jasper, Jourdan Keith, Paul Nelson, (who?) and JT Stewart. Hosted by Charla Grenz.
WHEN: Tomorrow, Thursday, June 7th 7PM
WHERE: Richard Hugo House (1634 11th Ave. Seattle)
ETC: Wine: $1/glass, Open mic (Come early to sign-up!) FREE "Cheap Wine and Poetry" Tees for sale
3. George Bowering's U.S. Sonnets.
I received my copy of U.S. Sonnets - the new chapbook by George Bowering from pooka press. It is printed in a numbered limited edition of 100 copies (the first 20 copies signed by George Bowering) $10.00 ; signed copies $15.00 - for fastest payments email paypal payment to editors@pookapress.ca or send cheque or check or money order to: pooka press po box 2648 349 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 3W8. Makes me proud to be a U.S.A.merican. (Well, not all the poems. Well, really none of the poems. Amurka, ARGH!)
3) Your Poem Running Around Greenlake Deadline TODAY!!! (From A.K. Allin)
Dear Poets,
...I am organizing, now, "The Running Poets of Green Lake." As you know, The Green Lake pedestrian path is a 2.8 mile loop in the heart of Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood. It is wildly popular and thus a perfect place for poetry to go public. Participating runners will take a spin around the lake on Sunday 10 June 2007 while wearing poems written by local living poets.
I'd like "you" to participate.
1. Submit 1 short poem (max. 15 lines) to be printed on a cotton t-shirt
2. Include your name as you'd like it to appear
3. Include a short (5-10 line) bio to pass onto your runner
4. Send all info in the body of an e-mail to: mimiallin@gmail.com
5. Deadline: 6 June 2007!! That's soon.
100 shirts will be printed, each will have an RPGL logo on the front and a unique poem on the back. Artists retain all rights. If you are a runner or know runners who wish to participate, have them stop by on Sunday 10 June for a shirt (72nd & Aurora @ Green Lake). A.K. Allin
4) Spokenword and Performance Poetry class from the SLAMMASTER.
Explore the art of performance poetry, engage in critique and analysis of past and present performers and poetic styles through text, video and audio samplings, find, develop, and refine your own voice through writing exercises and take written poems on the journey to become spoken word pieces/performance poems. Taught by Daemond Arrindell, Slammaster of the Seattle Poetry Festival.
July 7-August 1 $225.00
Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
There may not be a more humble and committed member of the local slam community than Daemond Arrindell. The Seattle Slammaster and producer of the longest running weekly show in Seattle - the Seattle Poetry Slam. Daemond is a 5-time coach of the Seattle National Poetry Slam Team, currently ranked 6th in the nation. A Workshop facilitator, community organizer, advocate and poet. 5% discount for registering before June 15, 2007. For more information, contact our registrar at (206) 323-7499x12 email: registrar@freeholdtheatre.org. To look at all of their classes: www.freeholdtheatre.org
5) WPA Contest Winners Reading and Faith Beamer Cooke Award this Sunday at BAM.
Washington Poets Association presents the 2007 Poetry Contest Winners! on Sunday, June 10, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
at Bellevue Arts Museum 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA
At this event certificates and checks will be awarded, the contest judges will speak, and the winning poets will be invited to read their
prize-winning poems. All Washington Poets Association members are encouraged to come early and attend the Annual WPA Membership Meeting, at 1 p.m. in the same location. Sunday, June 10th promises to be a beautiful day for poetry in Washington! Come out and enjoy the unfolding wonder of poetry in the Northwest! www.bellevuearts.org
I've two readings coming up in Seattle this week. Tonight at Subtext, at the Good Shepherd Center, I help Subtext celebrate 13 years of existence, making them (I think) the oldest local reading series. They have crafted and maintained what is easily the most intellectually challenging reading in Seattle. The Hugo House gig tomorrow night has three other fine writers and should be fun. Hugo House won the Faith Beamer Cooke Award for service to the literary community from the WPA and gets it on Sunday at the BAM reading. They have been the nexus of the local lit scene for over ten years and we owe them a great deal.
A.K. (Mimi) Allin is coming up with some very creative ways to get poetry to civilians and needs a few more good ones to hit her goal. Try to send her a short one today and watch it Sunday racing around Greenlake.
Stay outta trouble.
Paul E. Nelson, M.A.
Paul E. Nelson
www.GlobalVoicesRadio.org
www.SPLAB.org
Slaughter, WA 98002
253.735.6328 or 888.735.6328
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