For Immediate Release
Contact: Paul E. Nelson
SPLAB!
C. City, WA98118
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SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper

In this E-Fishwrapper, Investigative Poetry class at Hugo House, Creole Celebration tomorrow (Sunday) in C City, Talon Books Fred Wah Party, Red Sky returns, Pacific Rim Review of Books, Kerouac Film, something new from Nico & Seattle Bookfest 4 weeks away.

From the Hugo House: On Saturday, October 17, (yep, only one afternoon this time) try Investigative Poetry with that wily Splabman, Paul Nelson. You’ll look at some postmodern examples of history in verse form, do some writing exercises, then spend a good hunk of the time working on a poem that includes history. http://www.hugohouseservices.org/home/Class/DisplayClass.aspx?CatalogID=12

Louisiana Creole Celebration @ Rainier Valley Cultural Center, Alaska & Rainier Av S, Sunday, September 27, 5 – 10pm
Presented by NW Zydeco Music and Dance Association

5:00pm - BAYOU BLAST playing French Creole and Zydeco tunes from the Bayou.
6:00pm - MARDI GRAS LINE/PARADE with beads music and more.
6:30pm - Free samples of outrageous gumbo from the KING CREOLE Restaurant and gumbo-making demonstration.
7:30pm - Sample Louisiana culture through face painting, Rub board playing, All about Accordions workshop, and Zydeco dancing downstairs.

Talonbooks Poetry Event: Fred Wah and Friends

The success of our (Talon Books) summer poetry event has inspired us to host an even bigger poetry event this month. The amazing line-up of poets features Fred Wah plus Daphne Marlatt, Colin Browne, Jeff Derksen, Roy Miki, and George Bowering, who will emcee the event.

Fred Wah and Friends
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Upstairs at the ANZA Club (3 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver)

www.talonbooks.com

Red Sky Poetry Theater Reunion

"Always Open Mic"
What: Performance
Start Time: Sunday, October 4 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, October 4 at 10:00pm
Where: Hugo House
Featuring: Featuring select Jack Straw Writers Anna Balint, Priscilla Long, and Michael Magee.

The next of the Pacific Rim Review of Books is going to press and should be ready for printing by Thursday, October 1st. This issue will also be available in pdf format at http://www.prrb.ca soon afterwards.
Here are some of the contents of issue 12:

“‘The Holy Curse of Poetry: On Jack Gilbert”: The Dance Most of All by Jack Gilbert Reviewed by David Day

What Is Canadian Literature? By Mike Doyle

“Evolving the Organic: Duncan, Levertov, Olson”: The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov. Robert Bertholf & Albert Gelpi, eds. Reviewed by Paul Nelson

“On the Road in the Middle Kingdom”: Zen Baggage by Bill Porter, Reviewed by Trevor Carolan

“Writing the ‘Life’ in Writing”: Choose: Selected Poems by Michael Rothenberg, Reviewed by Jordan Zinovich

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, Reviewed by Linda Rogers

“The Oosumich of Open Form: Writing as Vision Quest” By Paul Nelson

Unnecessary talking: the Montesano Stories by Mike O’Connor, Reviewed by Trevor Carolan

Hello from KEROUAC FILMS!

Here is an update regarding the distribution of One Fast Move Or I'm Gone:Kerouac's Big Sur.
As some of you may know already, we produced a feature-length documentary and a 12 cut soundtrack album about Jack Kerouac's novel "Big Sur". The documentary features notable people including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Dar Williams, Aram Saroyan, Sam Shepard and 25 more. The song lyrics on the soundtrack album were written by Jay Farrar by using Kerouac's prose from the book. Performing with Jay on this album is Ben Gibbard.

We recently signed a distribution agreement with Atlantic Records to distribute both the film and album worldwide.

So now is your chance to see the film and listen to the music. The film will be shown theatrically in 40 cities in United States on October 20th which is also the release date of the film. The film will also premiere in Los Angeles and New York City on October 15th. There will be other screenings in various venues that we will be sure to let you know about.

The music album will also be released on October 20th and a 4 city concert tour will begin on October 23rd. http://www.kerouacfilms.com/

From Nico V:
notes on staring
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http://wordforword.info/vol15/Vassilakis.htm

Seattle Bookfest: October 24 & 25
Remember the old Northwest Bookfestival on the waterfront? Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood is bringing it back October 24-25 at the Columbia City Event Center, a former school that's one block from the new Columbia City light rail station.
The resurrected fair will feature more than 70 local authors, including poets and writers of fiction, nonfiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, and children's books. In addition, the fair will showcase over 50 area bookstores, nonprofits, and small but influential publishers as exhibitors. http://www.seattlebookfest.com/authors.php

Sunday’s panel at 1PM on the poetry stage will be Is Seattle Hostile to Innovative Writing? Panelists include Sam Hamill, Judith Roche, J.W. Marshall, John Olson and Sarah Mangold. Emcee, your humble Splabman. By the way, the SPLAB! booth needs volunteers to pass out bookmarks and help spread the news about SPLAB!’s move from Auburn to C. City (finally!) Call 206.422.5002 if you can volunteer.

Yes, SPLAB! is coming back. Details are being ironed out, BUT, we’ll have Living Room – a writer’s critique circle every Tuesday night in downtown Columbia City and we’re working on a 2009/2010 schedule. If you want the details, call me. For all those smart asses who axe if I ever go backpacking after my LOST episode, well, yeah. I hiked to Appleton Pass & back and had three days, two nights in the beautiful Olympics with bell-shaped wild blueberries warmed by September afternoon sun. You should try it sometime. There will be some changes to this org coming soon. Meantime, Mer & I are in Seattle and would love to get caught up with you if you want the info on SPLAB!

Blessings.

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xoxo President Postcard.