Monthly Archives: March 2010

First Book Poetry Contest

News: Exquisite Disarray Publishing Announces Contest for Washington State Poets { First Book Poetry Contest, Deadline 5/15 } Exquisite Disarray Publishing, in Tacoma, is asking for submission of poetry manuscripts for its first annual First Book Poetry Contest. Deadline May … Continue reading

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Al Purdy A-Frame Writer’s Residency

Jack Kerouac had his ’49 Hudson; Leonard Cohen had his tower of song; Al Purdy had his humble A-frame cabin in Ameliasburgh, Ontario on the edge of Roblin Lake. The poet George Bowering writes that Prince Edward County, in which … Continue reading

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North Cascades Institute Beat Weekend

The Beat Goes On:Lookout Poets and Backcountry Tales on Ross Lake Gerry Cook; Saul Weisberg; Hannah Sullivan August 26 – 29, 2010 (Thur eve – Sun) 1C / 21 clock hours Learning Center/Ross Lake $255 Cost includes one night shared … Continue reading

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Interview with Jerome Rothenberg

Nice work by Mark Weiss here, interviewing the remarkable Jerome Rothenberg: Jerome Rothenberg is an internationally known poet and the author of over eighty books of poetry and ten breakthrough anthologies of experimental and traditional poetries including Technicians of the … Continue reading

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