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1) FREE Organic Poetry Workshop in Olympia this Thursday night.

In the latest of a series of free workshops organized by the Olympia Poetry Network, Thursday (December 14) at 7PM, your humble, wine-bottle wielding correspondent/poetry workshop facilitator leads participants in reading/writing and conversation on the Open/ Organic/Projective, etc. Sound from interviews done over the years with Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Eileen Myles and others may be used. It is at the Timberland Library in Olympia.

2) Organic Poetry Workshop Series at Park Place Books Tuesday nights starting Jan 23.
January 23 we start a unique six week workshop series at Park Place Books in Kirkland with an in-depth look at this stance-toward-poem-making and cosmology. There is a tradition of poem-making in North America that Robert Duncan (in dialog with Denise Levertov) called Organic. It is a continuum, and is in-sync with a holistic (organismic) world view. In our workshop we'll hear clips of interviews, and/or poems from poets partial to this approach, experience the state of consciousness that brings such poems into being and see if we can write some. Poets who may be covered include Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure, George Bowering, Charles Olson and others. The six week format will allow us to get to a serious depth with this work, though it will also be quite fun. There have already been some signups and the class limit is 15. I'd LOVE to have 15 cool Eastside people, or people willing to go to the Eastside for this series. Please consider.
Instructor: Paul Nelson Meets: Tuesdays, Jan. 23-Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. Min. 5 Max. 15
Please register today at 206.322.7030.

3) Washington Poets Association Newsletter.
Washington Poets Association Members, Friends, and Subscribers: What did Langston Hughes write? What do editors want? What is Naropa? Find the answers to these questions and other useful information in the latest issue of Word!, the newsletter of the Washington Poets Association, now on the WPA website at http://www.washingtonpoets.org/wpa_newsletter.html (click on the "current issue" link.)

4) TARPAULIN SKY V4n2
Guest-edited by Selah Saterstrom http://www.tarpaulinsky.com

NEW WORK BY Matthea Harvey, Eleni Sikelianos, Bin Ramke, Laird Hunt, Rebecca Brown, Joan Fiset, Elizabeth Rollins, Peter Markus, Brian Kiteley, Jindrich Styrsky, Tama Baldwin & Noah Saterstrom, Leisure Projects (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Bushwick Farms (Tara Cuthbert & Stuart Solzberg), and artist Cynthia Ona Innis. INTERVIEWS WITH Chris Kraus, Matthea Harvey, Rebecca Brown, Joan Fiset, Elizabeth Rollins, Brian Kiteley, Peter Markus, and Cynthia Ona Innis. & A LOOK AT Clear Cut Press: an interview with co-founder Matthew Stadler, and excerpts
by Clear Cut authors Danielle Dutton, Robert Glück, and Lisa Robertson.

SUBMISSIONS TO THE JOURNAL & PRESS http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/guidelines.html

5) César Vallejo: The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition
Poet and essayist Clayton Eshleman is a recipient of the National Book Award and the Landon Translation Prize. He is the cotranslator
of César Vallejo: The Complete Posthumous Poetry and Aimé Césaire: The Collected Poetry, both from UC Press. Among Mario Vargas Llosa's
prestigious literary awards are the National Critics' Prize, the Peruvian National Prize, and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. He is the author
of more than twenty books. Efrain Kristal is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. Stephen M. Hart is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at University College, London. http://go.ucpress.edu/VallejoComplete

"Only the dauntless perseverance and the love with which the translator has dedicated so many years of his life to this task can explain why the English version conveys, in all its boldness and vigor, the unmistakable voice of César Vallejo."-Mario Vargas Llosa

6) New Essays/Interviews peN w/ Blaser, Bowering, Hamill, at: http://www.globalvoicesradio.org/studyplan5.5.06.html

7) Jeanne Lohmann Contest for 2007

The Olympia Poetry Network invites Washington poets to enter the 4th Annual Lohmann Contest. This year, thanks to the generosity of the San Francisco poets that judge the contest, the award for the top 3 winners is now $200.00 each. In 2003, to honor Jeanne's birthday and mentoring, her poet friends from San Francisco (Friends) approached the Olympia Poetry Network (OPN) and asked us to coordinate a contest in Jeanne's name. The Friends would judge the poems, and provide the awards (equal amounts to 3 top poets), while OPN would provide the coordination of the contest. OPN and Friends invite you to enter 1 poem (up to 2 pages, double-spaced). The submittal period begins December 1, 2006 and runs through January 31, 2007. For additional contest information see below or go to our website at http://home.comcast.net/~yake/opn.lohmann.htm

Thanks to 4 Culture and individual contributors like you for supporting this work.
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Paul E. Nelson
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Richard Hugo House
Eastside Winter 2007 Classes
Parkplace Books, Kirkland, WA

Special thanks to Parkplace Books and The Publishing Institute.

Registration for Hugo House members starts Dec. 5; for non-members, registration starts Dec. 12. For more info on classes, registration, and scholarships, contact Registrar at (206) 322-7030, or email registrar@hugohouse.org. Classes take place at Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Center
Kirkland, WA 98033 (425-828-6546).

Interview/Reading: Paul Nelson will talk about “organic poetry” and read from his work on Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at Parkplace Books, 7-8:30 pm. Interview by Michael Dylan Welch.

Organic Poetry
Ever have the experience of a really good poem that writes itself? Ever consider training yourself to write that way? There is a tradition of poem-making in North America that Robert Duncan (in dialog with Denise Levertov) called Organic. In our workshop we’ll hear clips of interviews, and/or poems from poets partial to this approach, experience the state of consciousness that brings such poems into being and see if we can write some. Poets who may be covered include Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure, George Bowering, Charles Olson and others.
Instructor: Paul Nelson
Meets: Tuesdays, Jan. 23–Feb. 27, 6–8 p.m. Min. 5 Max. 15
Cost: $180 Members; $195 General

Paul Nelson, co-founder of SPLAB, is author of "A Time Before Slaughter" an epic poem re-enacting Auburn history. His voice has been heard on KPLU, KMTT and other local radio stations. He's interviewed Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Anne Waldman, Wanda Coleman, Diane di Prima, Jerome Rothenberg, Eileen Myles and Victor Hernandez Cruz, has facilitated over 200 poetry workshops, is doing his graduate work on "Open Form in North American Poetry: A Path to Liberation," and writes an American Sentence daily.

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Global Voices Radio/SPLAB!
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Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper
In this E-Fishwrapper:
1)Robin Blaser's reading at TESC canceled due to Snow. (argh!)

Robin was to have read tomorrow (Monday) from the brand new edition of The Holy Forest, just released by the University of California Press in the class taught by Leonard Schwartz. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10430.html http://kaos.evergreen.edu/programs/cc_poetics.html Everybody is hoping this can be rescheduled.

Robin Blaser, one of the key North American poets of the postwar period, emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s as a central figure in that burgeoning literary scene. The Holy Forest, now spanning five decades, is Blaser's highly acclaimed lifelong serial poem. This long-awaited revised and expanded edition includes numerous published volumes of verse, the ongoing "Image-Nation" and "Truth Is Laughter" series, and new work from 1994 to 2004. Blaser's passion for world making draws inspiration from the major poets and philosophers of our time--from friends and peers such as Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Charles Olson, Charles Bernstein, and Steve McCaffery to virtual companions in thought such as Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, among others. This comprehensive compilation of Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century will stand as the definitive collection of his unique and luminous poetic oeuvre.
2) Organic Poetry Workshop Series at Park Place Books Tuesday nights starting Jan 23.
We had an excellent time at the Hugo House for our one day workshop. In January we start at Park Place Books in Kirkland for an in-depth look at this stance-toward-poem-making and cosmology. There is a tradition of poem-making in North America that Robert Duncan (in dialog with Denise Levertov) called Organic. It is a continuum, and is in-sync with a holistic (organismic) world view. In our workshop we'll hear clips of interviews, and/or poems from poets partial to this approach, experience the state of consciousness that brings such poems into being and see if we can write some. Poets who may be covered include Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure, George Bowering, Charles Olson and others.
Instructor: Paul Nelson
Meets: Tuesdays, Jan. 23-Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. Min. 5 Max. 15
Please register today at 206.322.7030.

3) Please consider a contribution.

Global Voices Radio is the non-profit corporation which provides the resources for these e-newsletters. As the year is coming to an end, we’d appreciate your consideration for a small tax-deductible contribution to help our work. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and our tax I.D. number is 91-161-8296. Due to the city of Auburn’s recent decision to cancel our radio consulting contract, we need your help today more than ever. You can do that on-line via paypal at: http://www.globalvoicesradio.org/contact.html or at the address above. Thanks for your consideration.

4) Wordstorm in Nanaimo, BC

Wordstorm is a new reading, performing spoken word event that promises to take Nanaimo and Vancouver Island by storm. Check out the details at the link. Interested readers can contact David Fraser by email. ascentaspirations@shaw.ca First night January 25th, 7:00 P.M.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/cafeslam.htm

WordStorm is an on-going reading series that focuses on the spoken word whether it is in the form of poetry, short fiction, storytelling, improv, music and song. WordStorm is both a reading series and a fun and excitingly competitive spoken word competition. The readings will always be a mix of genres, and the sign-up for WordStorm will be in two categories, poetry and prose. The key elements will be quality writing and entertainment. The judges will be chosen from the audience for each WordStorm and audience participation is required. Sign up for WordStorm is between 6:30 and 7:00. Admission is $3.00 at the door. The money collected goes entirely to prize winners each night and towards our annual Super WordStorm Night in November 2007. The Bombay Lounge has a capacity of 40 people, so don't be disappointed, reserve ahead through the paypal link or take your chances at the door. All reservations must be picked up before 6:30 or they become void and spaces will be given out on a first come first served basis. http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/cafeslam.htm

5) Temple Book Store news from Charles Potts

NEW CD's & DVD's From the Temple

Edward Smith, reading at the WWPP03 and at the Zig Zag Gallery and Pot Shop in Seattle, 1967
Karen Waring, reading in Seattle in 1967
WWPP 2003
WWPP 2005, CD and DVD
Cavedweller, The Best Version of Gloria There Ever Was
Klyd Watkins, Harp All made of Gold


There’s a lot going on at The Temple, not all of it visible yet, as 2007 promises to be a huge year for a new website we’re developing. We need to know if you are interested in hearing about all of this. A simple reply will establish your interest, as will the purchase of one or more of our fine CDs, or the CD-DVD collection from the Last, repeat Last, Walla Walla Poetry Party in 2005. info@thetemplebookstore.com (Editor's note. The Klyd Watkins CD is remarkable. One of the best spokenword/music collaborations I have ever heard.)

6) Peace Protest well worth Jumping On.

From Linda Crosfield near Nelson, BC: Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter. But they don't want marching in the streets. They'd much rather protesters just stay home. The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, whose goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. 22 while focusing on world peace. "The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it," Reffell said Sunday. "Your mind is like a blank. It's like a meditative state." "And mass meditations have been shown to make a change." The couple are no strangers to sex and social activism. Sheehan brought together nearly 50 women in 2002 who stripped naked and spelled out the word "Peace." The stunt spawned a mini-movement called Baring Witness that led to similar unclothed demonstrations worldwide.
The couple have studied evolutionary psychology and believe war is mainly an outgrowth of men trying to impress potential mates, a case of "my missile is bigger than your missile," as Reffell put it. By promoting what they hope to be a synchronized global orgasm, they hope to have people channel their sexual energy into something more positive. The couple said interest appears strong, with 26,000 hits a day to their website, www.globalorgasm.org. "The dream is to have everyone in the world (take part)," Reffell said. "And if that means laying down your gun for a few minutes, then hey, all the better."

7) Jeanne Lohmann Contest for 2007

The Olympia Poetry Network invites Washington poets to enter the 4th Annual Lohmann Contest. This year, thanks to the generosity of the San Francisco poets that judge the contest, the award for the top 3 winners is now $200.00 each. In 2003, to honor Jeanne's birthday and mentoring, her poet friends from San Francisco (Friends) approached the Olympia Poetry Network (OPN) and asked us to coordinate a contest in Jeanne's name. The Friends would judge the poems, and provide the awards (equal amounts to 3 top poets), while OPN would provide the coordination of the contest. OPN and Friends invite you to enter 1 poem (up to 2 pages, double-spaced). The submittal period begins December 1, 2006 and runs through January 31, 2007. For additional contest information see below or go to our website at http://home.comcast.net/~yake/opn.lohmann.htm

9) From Empire to Earth Community discussion and study group on the way forward, inspired by David Korten’s book on the Great Turning and his dramatic power point presentation. Time of initial gathering: 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Wed. Nov. 29 (6:30 – 7:00 social coffee & desert time). Location: 6039 So. Redwing Street 98118 in Upper Rainier Beach (uphill from Rainier on 57th, left on Waters, left on Redwing, on the right past 2 new houses). Joan Weiss will host (206-723-4447) and Dick Burkhart will facilitate. Let Dick know if you’d like to help out in some way, especially with your own questions / issues to address, resource materials, global vision, or organizational ideas. One hot topic you won’t want to miss: the dramatic tensions between developing earth community via local global cultural, economic, and governance initiatives (the localization vs. globalization debate).
Dick Burkhart
dickburkhart@comcast.net

10) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Vallum: contemporary poetry

THEME ISSUE 5:1 - SPIRIT

Stonehenge, the ancient pyramids, the seven wonders of the world, earth chakras, temples, breath--where does Spirit reside? Is it something in
the self, an energetic power? Is it divine awakening? Is Spirit an entity? Where does the power of the Spirit come from? How is it captured in
poetry? Spirit also motivates growth and change.

Send us your best poems on the theme issue: SPIRIT.

Deadline: February 28, 2007

Send to: Vallum / Spirit
PO Box 48003
Montreal, QC
Canada H2V 4S8

Send max. 6-8 poems.

Thanks to 4 Culture and individual contributors like you for supporting this work.

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Paul E. Nelson
Global Voices Radio
http://www.globalvoicesradio.org
www.splab.org
888.735.MEAT

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Dear Splab-Fan! In this edition of the luminous E-Fishwrapper, many things. For the first time in history someone asked when a new E-Fishwrapper was coming, stunning the Global Voices Radio staff into hasty action, which is generally how things happen around here in the midst of Slaughter. So hang on, this first E-Fishwrapper since the Fat Blackberry Moon is going to be juicy.

1) GVR turns Auburn Community Radio over to the City of Auburn.
2) Soul Food Books Poetry Series in Redmond continues Tuesday.
3) New 911 book by David Ray Griffin.

4) Striped Water Poets move to a disclosed location in the heart of Slaughter.

5) Mother Earth News Picks 12 Great Sustainable Places.

6) New Digital Poetry Device

7) New Philip Whalen Book.

8) Tighten your Socks, or Sockets, Jacket 30 is out.

9) Raven Chronicles seeks Submissions.

10) Additional items of interest.

1) GVR turns Auburn Community Radio over to the City of Auburn.

Thanks to the vision of Mayor Pete Lewis, the city of Auburn officially took control of Auburn Community Radio on Tuesday, August 8. Your humble correspondent, Paul Nelson, will stay on as a consultant, but the city makes the hard decisions as to how to serve the citizens of the town once known as Slaughter with community radio, including how/where to expand the signal to meet the needs of all local residents. After seven years invested in this project in one way or another, from working to bring LPFM to Auburn, to the development of this Part 15 station, burnout was becoming a distinct possibility for your humble ACR Founder, so there is now an attempt to avoid this condition and leave the radio to the Mayor’s office.

2) Soul Food Books Poetry Series in Redmond continues Tuesday.

This new eastside poetry series continues on Tuesday, August 15 with Elizabeth Austen, author of the new poetry CD Skin Prayers, and Christine Deavel, author Box of Little Spruce. An open-mic reading follows. Please join us August 15 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at SoulFood Books at www.soulfoodbooks.com or phone the store at 425-881-5309. For additional info, e-mail Michael Dylan Welch at WelchM@aol.com or Lana Hechtman Ayers at moonlit.cloud@yahoo.com.

3) New 911 book by David Ray Griffin.

Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11:
A Call to Reflection and Action

David Ray Griffin
Westminster John Knox Press, 2006

"Professor David Ray Griffin has a well-deserved reputation for the thoroughness of his research. All Americans who love their country enough to dig into the facts of these critical times will be well rewarded by examining his books. 9/11 truth is a very important issue---one with the power to bring lasting change to our country.”-—The Reverend William Sloane Coffin Jr, author of Credo: Letters to a Young Doubter and A Passion for the Possible: A Message to U.S. Churches

4) Striped Water Poets move to a disclosed location in the heart of Slaughter.

NEW MEETING PLACE:
STRIPED WATER POETS: We are now sponsored by the Auburn Downtown Association (ADA). We will be meeting in their office located on the B Street Plaza. 6 B St. SE.
Park in the Safeway parking lot next to the back entrances of the Main St. businesses, between Rottle's and the Rainbow Cafe. The ADA office is the first one on your right as you enter the Plaza. If you park on Main Street, enter B St. Plaza between Home Plate Pub on your left and Dollar Latino on your left. The ADA office will be the last door on your left. Tues., Aug. 15 - 7pm. YEAH! Thank you ADA.

5) Mother Earth News Picks 12 Great Sustainable Places.

TOPEKA, Kansas, (August 8, 2006) -- The August/September issue of Mother Earth News magazine features picks for '12 Great Places You've Never Heard Of' in the United States. Mother Earth News' highlights 12 cities that aren't as well-known as those that frequently appear on lists of "great places to live". The 12 are unique for their affordability, strong sense of community and emphasis on the environment, sustainability, alternative energy and local food. The 12 cities come from all over the United States and range in population from 2,300 to 60,000. They are: Blue Hill, Maine; Fairfield, Iowa; Athens, Ohio; Wimberley, Texas; Northfield, Minnesota; Sitka, Alaska; La Grande, Oregon; Grants Pass, Oregon; Grand Junction, Colorado; Decatur, Georgia; Ithaca, New York; and St. George, Utah. www.motherearthnews.com

6) New Digital Poetry Device

Announcing the first trial of a new digital poetry device. This is a beta, very rough version, for testing and exploration. So I invite all poets to come and play, test and critique, writing their own poems for this engine, or entering some of their old ones. The best will be archived permanently. Again this is designed to help poets
think of their writing in a 3-d, multi-linear/dimensional way.

URL: http://www.secrettechnology.com/poem_cube/poemcube.html

Please do offer thoughts on how it works, and it might be explained and work better. Cheers, Jason Nelson

7) New Philip Whalen Book.

The Unidentified Accomplice, or, The Transmissions of C W Moss
http://www.coyotesjournal.com/CB_Titles/CWMoss.html

Philip Whalen hand-wrote this book of "natural speech" in 1968 after having gone with Jim and Cass Koller to see the movie "Bonnie and Clyde." Spread the word! Maggie Brown and Jim Koller Coyote
http:www.coyotesjournal.com

8) Tighten your Socks, or Sockets, Jacket 30 is out.

Tighten your socks: Jacket 30 is now finalised: hundreds of pages of thrilling literature that will knock your socks off -- if you're unprepared!      http://jacketmagazine.com/30/index.shtml  Zukofsky - Chile - Flarf - etc.

Feature: Louis Zukofsky – John Tranter.

9) Raven Chronicles seeks Submissions.

--RAVEN CHRONICLES--

Journal of Art, Literature & the Spoken Word

at: The Richard Hugo House

1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98122-2419 USA

Phone: 206.364-2045

www.ravenchronicles.org or editors@ravenchronicles.org

Call for Submissions

The Raven Chronicles

Volume 13, Number 2

Theme:  Citizen, Subject and Slave

What do these words mean to you?  What do they mean in the United States?  In other cultures? In a global society?  In a nations history? The roots of the word civil in three languages: Latin: civicus, "of a citizen" a derivation of civis "townsman."  Sanskrit: nagara  "townborn, town-bred" Old English: ceasterbend  "city-dweller, citizen."

10) Additional items of interest.

Thanks for reading this far down the E-Fishwrapper. Another epic, I know, but shorter than the version I would have sent out if I did not forget anything. Still giddy over the Sox sweep of the Tigers http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51526 and EndFest 15 which had the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the top of their game as well, despite the absence of the performance of a certain important personal mythological composition entitled: Under The Bridge. Anyway, Pop’s out of the hospital and his articulation is still affected with the exception of phrases designed to illustrate his frustration with his hospital stay, such as This Place Sucks which came out perfectly. I head to Chicago Thursday and return September 6, (yes, I’ll leave a wacky vacation auto-responder message) only to go to Wickaninnish Island for the latest Tibetan Bon workshop, this time on Kum Nye September 8-10. Then solo backpacking in the Olympics again (don’t worry, I’ll bring my goddamn celphone) and then the Victoria School of Writing reunion, facilitated by George Bowering (yes THAT George Bowering) October 3-9 and other events sprinkled in between. Anyway, thanks again for keeping Pop in your good thoughts.

Pablito