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In this E-Fishwrapper, three Poetry events tonight (WTF!), a new book from Nico V!, Naomi Shihab Nye, North Cascades Institute events, Vashon Poetry Fest, Open Books, how to make word clouds & other shit I just remembered to send.

Subtext TONIGHT: Wednesday, May 6, 2009,
BEVERLY DAHLEN & EZRA MARK @ 7:30 p.m.
Beverly Dahlen, a native of Portland, Oregon, has lived in San Francisco for many years. Her first book, Out of the Third, was published by Momo’s Press in 1974. Two chapbooks, A Letter at Easter (Effie’s Press, 1976) and The Egyptian Poems (Hipparchia Press, 1983) were followed by the publication of the first volume of A Reading in 1985 (A Reading 1—7, Momo’s Press). Since then, three more volumes of A Reading have appeared. Chax Press published A Reading 8—10 (1992); Potes and Poets Press: A Reading 11—17 (1989); Instance Press: A Reading 18—20 (2006). Chax Press also published the chapbook A-reading Spicer & Eighteen Sonnets in 2004.

Ezra Mark writes between things. He is author of the prose work Intention, with Retention forthcoming. Current projects are Slow Motion (completing the arc of the previous two books) and Clairefontaine. He lives and works in Seattle.

Poetography
TONIGHT, Wednesday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. Richard Hugo House

Poets are often defined by their geographic region. A writer living in Minnesota is referred to as a Midwestern poet, and a Seattle writer is a poet of the Pacific Northwest. Does geographical pigeonholing have an impact on a poet's identification with her work or career? How do we determine whether these definitions of locality limit or expand our possibilities?

Poetography is meant to explore issues of regionalism, poetry and our shared similarity and difference. In this two-city event, presented in partnership with The Loft Literary Center and sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, poets Jim Moore, of Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Judith Roche, of Seattle, will read and discuss writing, locality and identity.

http://www.hugohouse.org/events/

From Felicia Gonzalez:
Dear Paul,

You may have seen that Seattle Arts & Lectures is presenting Naomi Shihab Nye. As you know, she's such a dynamic presence as well as staunch supporter of arts education. Naomi has graciously agreed to participate in a reception and dinner to help support our Writers in the Schools program which brings local writers/poets into 25 classrooms in three different districts. This is also a unique opportunity to gather with Nye and fans of poetry in the region.

TONIGHT: 6:00-7:30 p.m. Reception--$45
Mingle with Naomi Shihab Nye while enjoying
wine and hors d' oeuvres.
fgonzalez@lectures.org

http://www.lectures.org/poetry.html

From Christian Martin of the North Cascades Institute:
Got this, thought you might want to spread the word around. Also, based on our Beats on the Peaks crew's enthusiasm for last summer's Kerouac pilgrimage, we've developed a sort of Beats on the Peaks II program focused on Snyder and Sourdough Mtn -- featuring the fearless Jeff Muse and the wise Tim McNulty and a special Beat Expert from across the border:
http://www.ncascades.org/programs/seminars/course.html?workshop_id=980

We'd also love help getting the word out about our 11th Annual Writing Retreat, featuring 2 big-name nature writers and 2 local WA poets:
http://www.ncascades.org/programs/seminars/course.html?workshop_id=970

Oh yes, and do you know about this?:
http://www.ncascades.org/get_outside/events/snyder.html

We're gearing up for an exciting summer!

Best wishes,

Christian Martin
Communications Coordinator

From Open Books:
May Readers and Their Books
Tuesday, May 12th, at 7:30 PM CAROL LEVIN reads from "Red Rooms and
Others." http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/calendar/archives/000356.html

Thursday, May 28th, at 7:30 PM PETER LUDWIN reads from "A Guest in All
Your Houses" and MICHAEL SPENCE reads from "Crush Depth."
http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/calendar/archives/000357.html

CANCELLATION -- Sadly, Robyn Schiff, who was to read here on May 21st, will
not be coming to Seattle.

A Bit of What's New in the Store
http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/thegoods/archives/2009_05.html

Coming up at Open Books in June
http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/calendar/

From C.E. Putnam:
C.E. invited you to "Crawlspace: a reading by Daniel Comiskey and C.E. Putnam" on Thursday, May 28 at 7:00pm.

Event: Crawlspace: a reading by Daniel Comiskey and C.E. Putnam
"It seems that more than one egg hatched! "
What: Performance
Host: Seattle Public Library
Start Time: Thursday, May 28 at 7:00pm
End Time: Thursday, May 28 at 8:30pm
Where: Seattle Public Library - Central Library | Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium

From Bernadette Mayer:
BERNADETTE MAYER & PHILIP GOOD invite you to participate in a weekend workshop on Experimental Poetics. Their home, once a synagogue in days of yore, is located in rural Upstate New York on the historic acreage between Kinderhook and Tsatsawassa creeks at the foothills of the Berkshires.

. . Exclusive weekend workshop sessions begin May 22 and continue throughout the summer months culminating on the weekend of Oct 10-12. The fee, which includes accommodations, as well as all meals & activities, is $400 (double reservation) or $225 (per person). Since each weekend session is limited to four participants, please RSVP well in-advance. Any inquiries may be sent to the contact information provided below. Guests arrive Friday afternoon and depart Sunday after lunch.

. . There will be writing assignments with plenty of time for casual conversation. Bernadette Mayer will discuss her Experiments List and encourage participants to expand their poetics to greater levels. The central focus in the workshop will be in-depth Investigations of Traditional Forms Made New. In addition, each participant will receive constructive feedback about their overall work through individual consultation; and all participants will be given an expansive list of reading recommendations. At the conclusion of the weekend the group will collate their new poems into a stapled poetry magazine.

To Reserve/Confirm availabilities, please email poetswksp@yahoo.com, or call(518) 794 - 0234.

Vashon Island Poetry Fest:
Contact: Devon Atkins, 206 353-9227
Many thanks.

Vashon Poetry Fest will celebrate a weekend of poets and poetry on Vashon Island, Thursday, May 21st through Monday, May 25th. This is no quiet little reading; with open mics, workshops, readings, and events, the Fest will be laced with plenty of food and drink, music, and fun. But, the real draw of the weekend will be the poetry with headliners Washington State Poet Laureate Samuel Green and award-winning Irish poet, Tony Curtis; mythologist, Michael Meade; and some of the best local and regional favorites. Both day and evening events are free or very reasonably priced “at the door.” An ideal getaway, relaxed and beautiful Vashon Island is easily reached by ferry (just minutes from Seattle, Tacoma, and the Kitsap Peninsula) and each venue will be just steps from the next in downtown Vashon. Check out info@vashonpoetryfest.com for information about this fun-filled, word-loving Memorial Day Weekend event, and call Stranger Than Fiction (206-408-7268), Vashon’s newest bookstore, to register for (limited seating) weekend workshops.

From Nico V, a New Book:
A new book of poems:
Disparate Magnets by Nico Vassilakis
BlazeVox Press, 2009
http://www.blazevox.org/bk-nv2.htm

Create your own word clouds, like I did with my Slaughter MS: http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/817217/ATBS_II
http://www.wordle.net/

From Scott Howard:
Dear Contributors, Colleagues, and Friends of Reconfigurations,

I'm writing with our current call for work for Volume Three. See below, and also attached.

I hope you'll consider submitting something. Please share the CFW with others.

Best wishes,
Scott Howard

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RECONFIGURATIONS: A Journal for Poetics & Poetry / Literature & Culture

ISSN: 1938-3592,
http://reconfigurations.blogspot.com/

Volume 3: Immanence / Imminence

Submissions: April thru August, 2009

Global Voices Radio continues to evolve and look for some cool things to happen in the Fall. Looks like we’re moving to Seattle and considering re-opening SPLAB! at some point. Want to help? Email your friendly neighborhood E-Fishwrapperer. Hey, my Slaughter book is scheduled to come out in summer now and I got some KILLER blurbs, so things move forward. Ham having a GAS in my latest Hugo House class. Hope you can do Write-O-Rama on June 6 and support their work. Blessings.

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