For Immediate Release
(& don't you crave
immediate release?)
Contact: Paul E. Nelson
Global Voices Radio/SPLAB!
Slaughter, WA 98002
http://splabman.blogspot.com/

Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper

In this E-Fishwrapper, Burning Word V!!! (Anne Waldman!), Write-to-yo-Mama at Hugo House, Red Sky Reunion, Crawlspace Reading with Comiskey and Putnam, Subtext goes Fluxus, Chap Books wanted, Oregon Short Line - New Periodical of poetry from the WEST seeks submissions, and I think that's about it.

1) Washington Poets Association announces Burning Word Headliners and On-Line Nomination process!

The Washington Poets Association has announced headliners for the 2008 Burning Word festival to be held April 26, 2008 on Whidbey Island. Leading the program will be Anne Waldman, co-founder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Colorado's Naropa University, a noted performer and teacher.” Joining Waldman as headliners will be Cuban-born poet José Kozer; Canadian poet, essayist and professor Lionel Kearns; and poet, filmmaker, translator and poetry editor Mark Weiss of New York City. http://www.washingtonpoets.org

To nominate a poet to read at BWv: http://www.washingtonpoets.org/burning_word_nomination.php

2) Write-O-Rama!
This is the twice-a-year fundraising event Hugo House does to keep the place open. Not just a place but a thriving Writing Center, run by serious writers FOR serious writers. Dozens of writing sessions, two open mics and a party! 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; registration at 9:30 a.m. Like a walk-a-thon for your favorite writing center, meaning you go out and get pledges totaling no less than $35, but hopefully MORE. Questions to chrisleasure@hugohouse.org Saturday, December 1st, 2007, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. That Organic Poetry workshop you heard about will be offered twice, at 10A and 12N. Michael Welch has a Haibun workshop at 11A and 12N. See http://www.hugohouse.org/giving/writeorama/

3) 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. A reunion of Seattle's longest-running open mic, featuring Paul Hunter and Marion Kimes. Co-sponsored by Richard Hugo House. aviaboss@msn.com
Cabaret
$2 Donation
Friday, December 14th, 2007, 7:00 PM

4) Crawlspace Book Launch Reading & CD Release Party: A Poem by Daniel Comiskey & C.E. Putnam, Sunday, December 2, 2007 -- 7:30 pm Rendezvous JewelBox Theater 2322 2nd Ave. -- Seattle, WA. Two of the most humorous SUBTEXT poets combine forces for what promises to be an engaging evening of poetry. See you Sunday.

5) Subtext Fluxus. (Speaking of Subtext)

WHAT: NONSEQUITUR & SUBTEXT READING SERIES PRESENT: Legendary Fluxus artist ALISON KNOWLES

WHEN: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 8 PM
WHERE: Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N (4th floor)
Seattle (in Wallingford, west of I-5, just south of 50th St.)
206-789-1939 and http://gschapel.blogspot.com

Alison Knowles, a pioneering visual/book/sound artist and key participant in the legendary Fluxus group, presents an intermedia performance of her text "North Water Song," accompanied by her daughter Jessica Higgins (movement) and Joshua Selman (sound). Knowles makes her first appearance in Seattle on Wednesday, December 5 at 7:30 PM at the Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford; $5 - $15 sliding scale donation, at the door.

This performance is presented by Nonsequitur (http://nseq.blogspot.com; 206-789-1939) and Subtext Reading Series (http://subtextreadingseries.blogspot.com)

Born in New York in 1933, Knowles has been closely associated with Fluxus, an international group of artists concerned with blurring the boundaries between the various artistic disciplines and everyday life. For her first appearance in Seattle, she will present "North Water Song," originally composed as a tribute to John Cage on his 75th birthday and realized as a sound work commissioned by West German Radio.

A close friend and collaborator with Cage, Knowles uses chance operations to extract random fragments from a variety of texts, including her own writings as well as Thoreau's Journal, the I Ching, and other water-related publications. This performance will include three simultaneous realizations of the score, with spoken text by Alison Knowles, movement by her daughter Jessica Higgins, and sound by Joshua Selman. Nonsequitur is especially pleased to renew our association with Ms. Knowles, having previously released her only solo CD "Frijoles Canyon" on our What Next? Recordings label.

6) Poetry Books Wanted (Not a typo!)

Seeking poets who might have an extra copy of their chapbook or book they'd be willing to donate to a lucky student. Each week, during my 8-week undergraduate poetry class, there will be a drawing to see who wins the book a poet has been generous enough to donate. The winner will be responsible for reading your book, reviewing it, and selecting a favorite poem to read to the class the following week. If you like, contact information and book price should be included so that others in the class can buy your book. Students will be STRONGLY encouraged to buy the books of poets who, after all, were kind enough to contribute a book to their education. If you're willing, please send your book (autographed would be nice) and contact and price details to:

Jeff Winke
Upper Iowa University - Milwaukee Center
620 S 76th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53214

Thanks,

Jeff Winke
jeff_winke@yahoo.com

7) Shape the Dance this Friday and Saturday

What Goes into Dance and Design? Come and be a part of the creative process!
Dance Presentation with Audience Feedback

Highlighting the long term collaboration between Choreographer Maureen Whiting and Scene Designer Etta Lilienthal
Directions: Enter Seattle University at 10th and Madison (at the I-Hop) and take a left to get to the Fine Arts Building
Call The Fine Arts Department: 206-296-5360 or Maureen Whiting Dance: 206-323-9405 for more info!

8) Oregon Short Line, a new periodical, seeks Poetry of the West (From Charles Potts)

Submission Guidelines:

· Up to 5 pages of unpublished poems with the your name on each page
· Include short bio about your work with poetry (50 words max)
· Include self-addressed stamped envelope
· For electronic submissions make sure to put the subject as: “Submission for Oregon Short Line”
· Donations accepted
· Rights revert back to poet upon publishing
· Please send chapbooks and poetry collections for review

Send Submissions and Questions to:

Jeff Pearson, editor-in-chief
223 N. 15th Ave.
Pocatello, ID 83201
Email: legoverleg@gmail.com

9) New, Grupo Condor Mexican Xmas CD includes traditional Christmas songs such as “Jingle Bells” and “White Christmas” as well as Latin melodies.

· Uniquely arranged with Latin rhythms but retain their original melodies.
· Uses Latin American instrumentation: Zampoñas, Bombos, Charango, Quenas, and Guitar.
· Features the unique voice of Nelda Reyes, from Mexico.
· Sound samples at www.grupo-condor.com/recordings.htm
www.myspace.com/grupocondor
· To purchase the CD send a check or money order for $13.00 + $1.50 (SH) to: (See the form below)

Grupo Condor
P.O Box 1573
Beaverton, OR. 97075
· Or buy the CD or individual songs by going to:

www.cdbaby.com or www.myspace.com/grupocondor

Now here's the deal. Anne Waldman is doing a workshop the day before Burning Word. WPA members get first crack at the 20 slots, so if you ain't a member, you may want to consider dropping $20 our way, even on-line at: http://www.washingtonpoets.org/join_wpa.php benefits GALORE and we're only getting started on that aspect of the quickly-evolving org. Nominate a poet for Burning Word. Who's a NW poet who deserves a shot? Do tell.

Ugh! Was knocked out of the Haiku d'etat in the first round by a woman who had a "haiku" about her toilet, after menstruation, looking like a Jackson Pollock painting. How can I top THAT?!? Anyway, the American Sentences project rolls on with news (soon) on a chapbook of those little 17 syllable poems which, today, look something like this:

11.27.07 - Yesterday, doctors gave Dick Cheney shock treatment on the wrong organ.

xoxo President Postcard.

Want off this email list? Just ask.

Paul E. Nelson, M.A.
WPA President

Global Voices Radio
SPLAB!
American Sentences
Organic Poetry
Poetry Postcard Blog
Washington Poets Association

Ilalqo, WA