Monthly Archives: November 2011

Organizing Meeting for the Cascadia Poetry Festival Sat 11.19.11 1P

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Splabman

The Cascadia Poetry Festival (March 23-25, 2012, at SPLAB) seeks to examine the culture of this region by gathering poets from the California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia, the Alaska panhandle and Western Montana at SPLAB, in the most diverse … Continue reading →

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The Breadline Wed 11.16.11 7P

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Splabman

From Alex Bleecker: we’re so excited – we mean last breadline of 2012 – next wed!  we’re featuring the indomitable poetry of doug nufer, the storytelling skills of auntmama & friends, and the electro-poetic oddity that is queequeg (daniel comiskey … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ted Berrigan (Living Room Tue 11.15.11 – 7P)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Splabman

Ted Berrigan (Nov. 15, 1934-July 4, 1983) was a master practitioner of a multiplicity of strategies for making poems, among them appropriation, collage, collaboration, misreadings and mistranslations, found poetry, and list poems. In his mix of voices and sources he … Continue reading →

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Primal Sound (Living Room, Tuesday 11.8.11 @ 7P)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Splabman

  Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula —from “Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters One thing that seems to distinguish poems from prose is sound. I hope for us to consider the … Continue reading →

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