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Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper

In this E-Fishwrapper, We Could Eat Gyros (Just for One Day), Brian Turner, Teach at Hugo House, Red Sky Reunion, IoNS One Minute Shift Video, A WIN IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR LT. EHREN WATADA, Soul Food, Voices in Wartime, Open Books and something too disgusting to even reference here. Really. Lawd hep us!

1) Hugo House presents We Could Be Heroes
The poet Brian Turner will be writing something new on the topic of heroes (he said a few words about the project here: http://www.hugohouse.org/events/turner_interview/). He's joining Jack Hitt (journalist for This American Life and New York Times Magazine), Ellen Forney (graphic novelist - she did "I Love Led Zeppelin," and the young hip-hop duo Canary Sing. The reading is at 7:30 p.m. Friday - it's all brand new, never before heard work - and there is a party with food, live jazz and wonderful free Elysian beer. Then Brian is teaching a class the next day on writing poems from the ordinary (brianmcguigan@hugohouse.org is the contact for the class). Did I mention free beer?

Tickets are at www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/2500

2) Teach at Hugo House (from Alix Wilbur)

Dear Ones—I can’t believe it! The clocks *just* fell back an hour, yet here I am already leaping forward to solicit class proposals for the spring quarter in 2008!

Next year, spring quarter begins April 8 and runs (roughly) through May 17th. We’ll be looking for reading classes, writing classes, six-week and one- and two-day classes. Classes meet Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 4-6, and 7-9 (and on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the day, 10-12) and on Saturdays, 10-12 (six week classes) or 1-5 (one day classes). Ask Alix for the template for submitting a class proposal. I ask that you follow this format and return your proposal to me via email no later than December 3rd, 2007 .

If you know of someone who would like to teach a class at Hugo House but never has before, please feel free to forward this email, or have them go to our website, click on classes, and follow the link from there.

Alix Wilber
Program Director
Richard Hugo House
(206) 322-7030

3) A Win for Watada and Peace.

A WIN IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR LT. EHREN WATADA
On Thursday, November 8th, supporters of Lt. Watada rejoiced to learn of the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle to halt any further court martial proceedings of Lt. Ehren Watada until the conclusion of the habeas corpus proceedings.

The court held that Lt. Watada is likely to succeed at demonstrating that the military judge acted 'irrationally, irresponsibly, precipitately' and abused his 'discretion,' that the judge failed to consider feasible alternatives to a mistrial and there was no good reason for having stopped the trial in February, 2007.

Incredibly, the Army has announced its intent to file briefs in U.S. District Court to try to prevent the injunction from becoming permanent.

VIGIL SATURDAY, NOV. 17 & SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE ARMY
Friends and Family of Lt. Watada encourage Watada supporters everywhere to organize vigils on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month until Lt. Watada is discharged from the Army.

LET'S MAKE THE NOVEMBER 17TH VIGIL ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE -- IT'S TIME FOR THE ARMY TO DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST LT. WATADA, AND IT'S TIME FOR MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ORGANIZATIONS & PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION TO SPEAK OUT:

* No 2nd court martial for Lt. Watada!
* Drop all charges against Lt. Watada!
* Release Lt. Watada and grant him an honorable discharge!

November 2007: "WRITE & THANK LT WATADA" Campaign

The season of Thanksgiving is the optimum time for us to express appreciation and stand tall with Lt. Ehren Watada. He remains the single military officer to very publicly oppose the war. Lt. Watada stated his reasons clearly and each day exhibits great courage in his lonely military environment.

For his act of conscience in refusing to deploy to Iraq, the military tried him once unsuccessfully. By attempting to convene a second trial, they violate his rights under the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects any constituent -- military or civilian -- from being tried twice for the same charges, when the reason for ending the trial was arbitrary and an abuse of judicial discretion.

We thank Lt. Watada for remaining steadfast in his belief that the Iraq War is illegal and unconstitutional. Metaphorically, he is the lone person standing before the tank. As Lt. Watada continues to be prosecuted, let us tell him and the world that he is recognized. He is appreciated, and he is not alone.

At this time of Thanksgiving, keep Lt. Watada's case alive and vital! Send a note of thanks to acknowledge his true patriotism and ethical, responsible understanding of duty as a citizen and as a military officer.

Encourage others and convey your message to Lt. Watada via e-mail to action@thankyoult.org or via postcard addressed to:
Lt. Ehren Watada
P.O. Box 9727
Seattle, WA 98209-0727

4) Red Sky Reunion, Friday, December 14, 2007 at the Hugo House. 7P Signup for Open Mic. Come to read your best recent work. Join features Paul Hunter and Marion Kimes as we reunite folks who miss what was the longest-running open mic on the West Coast for 25 years.

5) IONS One Minute Shift

Take a minute to shift, with

“The Wonder of You,” featuring Deepak Chopra

In this one-minute video, Deepak explores the mystery of your body in its growth from a single cell to a symphony of activities guided by an inner intelligence that mirrors the wisdom of the universe.

Please share his beautiful message widely!

http://oneminuteshift.com/videos/wonder_of_you

Deepak Chopra
Author, Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
www.deepakchopra.com

6) SOUL FOOD IN REDMOND? NO, POETRY. REALLY.

From J. Lana Ayers:
Join us for SoulFood Poetry Night and help spread the word!
Thursday, November 15th at 7pm
SoulFood Books, 15748 Redmond Way, Redmond , WA.
Featured readers Denise Calvetti Michaels and Suma Subramaniam. Open mic follows. Free. Contact SoulFood Books at 425-881-5309.
Denise Calvetti Michaels writes poetry and memoir with new work forthcoming in City Works Press, Crosscurrents, Dreams: Poetry on Buses (2007), Paterson Literary Review, and Kent State University Press. Her work can be found in anthologies such as: In Praise of Farmland (Whit Press, 2003) and The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Woman on Food and Culture (Feminist Press, 2002). Denise teaches psychology and human relations at Cascadia Community College where she coordinates service learning. She earned an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College and in 2004 received the Crosscurrents prize for poetry from the Washington Community College Humanities Association. In 2001 Denise and her colleagues at the King County Child Care Program received the Dr. Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award for their work in King County Human Services to address institutional racism.

Suma Subramaniam’s beginnings as a poet and writer coincided with her meeting the man whom she was to marry in 2005 and who directly or indirectly appears in most of her writing. She has an MBA in human resources and lives in Woodinville, Washington with her husband and dog. She is a member of Striped Water Poets, a roundtable critique group that meets in Auburn and is also member of the editorial board of Kritya, a journal of poetry. She has been published in Kritya, Thanalonline, Muscadine Lines, and Edgz Poetry journals.

7) UBU Web

UbuWeb
http://ubu.com

UbuWeb Featured Resources: November 2007
Selected by Christof Migone

1. Brion Gysin "I Am" Machine-poem (1960)
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/gysin_brion/Gysin-Brion_I-Am.mp3

2. Janet Zweig "Mind Over Matter"
http://www.ubu.com/contemp/zweig/zweig1.html

3. Gregory Whitehead "Pressures of the Unspeakable"
http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Whitehead/Gregory_Whitehead-We_All_Scream_Alone_1992.mp3

4. R. Henry Nigl "Shout Art
"http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Nigl/R-Henry-Nigl_Shout-%20Art.mp3

5. Sam Taylor Wood, from "Stoppage"
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/stoppage/Stoppage_05.mp3

6. François Dufrêne, "Tenu-tenu" Crirythme (1958)
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/dufrene_francois/Dufrene-Francois_Tenu-tenu.mp3

7. John Giorno "I Don't Need It, I Don't Want It, and You Cheated Me Out of It"
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/dial_a_poem_poets/guy/Youre-The-Guy_06_dont_need_it.mp3

8. Georgina Dobson & Cupboard Simon "The Message"
http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/365/08/365-Days-Project-08-01-dobson-georgina-and-simon-cupboard-the-message-1996.mp3

9. Louis-Ferdinand Céline "Television Interview" (1961)
http://www.ubu.com/film/celine.html

10. Adrian Piper "Here and Now"
http://www.ubu.com/concept/piper_here.html

8)Voices in Wartime Education Project (From Andy Himes)
"I want to share the words expressed by people in this and other wars. They come from a new book called "Voices in Wartime." It contains profoundly moving and often poetic thoughts from brave U.S. soldiers, loved ones and Iraqis....I urge every American to pick up a copy and read it."

Congressman Jim McDermott (WA) in a 2007 speech made on the floor of the US House of Representatives.

What priority should our nation give to healing the trauma of war and educating our youth to prevent future conflict? The Voices in Wartime Education Project has a simple, innovative, and powerful idea: Use art and education to transform the consciousness of young people. Give teachers and students a way to explore the most important and terrifying issues of our day. Create a dialogue in which all voices can be heard, and all points of view included, without engendering fear, hatred, or anger.

Would you please consider a gift to the Voices in Wartime Education Project today, and help us to change the world in 2008? Your investment can help create positive social change in the United States at the dawn of the most dangerous century in human history.

* $1000 - places the Voices in Wartime DVD and Curricula in ten school media centers, for use by up to 100 teachers
* $500 - provides a scholarship for ten teachers attending a workshop on using story, poetry, and oral history in the classroom
* $250 - connects a veteran from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq with a story to tell to engaged high school students
* $100 - enables a community college class to report on how the Voices in Wartime curricula has changed their understanding of war and trauma

PS. You can also make your gift online at http://voicesinwartime.org/donate.htm

9) Open Books

Open Books: A Poem Emporium
2414 N. 45th St. / Seattle, WA 98103 / (206) 633-0811
store@openpoetrybooks.com www.openpoetrybooks.com
Tuesday-Thursday 12-6*
*early closure, Thursday, 11/15, 5 PM
Friday & Saturday 12-7
First Sunday of the Month 12-4

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2007 OPEN BOOKS SHORT-FORM CALENDAR

Wednesday 11/14 at 7:30
MATTHEA HARVEY

Wednesday 11/28 at 7:30
MICHAEL DUMANIS

Thursday 12/6 at 7:30
DAVID MASON

10) Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work.

Back from the Garcia/Splabman road tour of Washington as Garcia gets his tortilla suit blown around by hurricane force winds! Thanks to Leonard Orr, Lorri Lambert-Smith Charles Potts, Dan Blunck, Ed Marquand, Sam Hamill and others for the gracious hospitality for me & my New Mexican amigo. Two fishwrappers in less than a week? Blame Hugo House, but do it after paying to see Brian Turner. The Iraq vet has a blistering book of poems about his experience there. And with the average family of four now in it for $21K, ain't this war getting kind of expensive? How many trillions does Halliburton need? OK, never enough. I hope you are taking notes. It is not every day you get to experience the end of an empire.

xoxo President Postcard.

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