Tag Archives: Scot Brannon

Not Poetzilla, Poetilla

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Splabman

From Scot Brannon (scot at scot brannon dot net): Poetilla Want to spend a couple of hours on Lake Union in the company of savvy writers? Looking for intelligent critique of your work—whether poetry, fiction or something in between? Join … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Columbia City

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Splabman

As I prepare to make one last presentation at one last Living Room in Columbia City, I am taking a moment to look back and consider all the great things that happened in our three year run here. My wife … Continue reading →

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Living Room Tuesday 3.13.12 Poetry Extraction

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Splabman

Poetry Extraction One purpose of jargon is to rationalize discourse by substituting objective language for subjective language. (Just look at that sentence.) Ironically, removing emotion-soaked terms makes language sound disturbed, robotic. Take this blurb from the DSM-IV (the bible of … Continue reading →

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SPLACtory and other Collective Ideas

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Splabman

A large group of poets committed to seeing SPLAB continue as a Collective came out for the 1.31.12 Living Room. Paul Nelson facilitated and, after announcements and introductions, read Paul Hunter’s Open Books If we don’t read one another who … Continue reading →

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