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Michael McClure
April 4 & 5, 2003

Auburn Riverside High School lecture
Friday, April 4, 2003 12:28PM

What does it mean to be an outlaw? Outlaw against what? What if we were all desperadoes? What if we were desperadoes because we had feelings for others?

Workshop/Discussion at the Richard Hugo House
located at 1634 11th, Seattle
Friday, April 4, 2003 7PM

The event will include:

spontaneous writing
each line being one continuous image (or phrase)
alluvial technique
a talk on Composition by Field (Robert Duncan) & Projective Verse (Charles Olson)
- Are they the same? Talk moderated by Paul Nelson

Recommended reading:

Charles Olson - ABCs for Rimbaud and In Cold Hell, In Thicket (put your hands on the book, no anthologies.)
Duncan - Letters (if possible. It is out of print) & The Opening of the Field

McClure headlines the 6th Annual Allen Ginsberg Memorial Open Mic Poetry Marathon
Saturday, April 5, 2003 8PM

Following Michael McClure's reading, there will be an open mic. Come to read your tribute to Allen, read work relevant to the times, or come just to watch. There will be a Poetry Videoconference link with Kurt Heintz and the Chicago E-Poets network.

Suggested donation:
Workshop - $50 (free to high school students who pre-register.)
Marathon - $10.00

Advance registration by sending a check to: IPiPP/SPLAB! 14 S. Division Auburn, WA 98001 or by calling 253.735.6328.