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Listen to Nate Mackey’s SPLAB Interview, Reading

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Splabman

Nathaniel Mackey’s visit to Seattle was a remarkable weekend. He gave a reading and facilitated a workshop at SPLAB on Saturday, March 12 and gave a prose reading and engaged in a conversation at the NW African-American Museum on Friday, … Continue reading →

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Six Week Organic Poetry workshop Hugo House

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Splabman

A shakeup is essential for the purposes of transformation (Vladimir Mayakovsky). The process of training your ear to capture the chaotic energy of the moment in a poem is sometimes called organic poetry, where composition is an occasion of experience … Continue reading →

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Ginsberg Marathon, Saturday April 9 6P Band of Poets, Quixote Radio, Your Poem!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Splabman

& after 1A: The marathon will continue to buzz early into the morning via a local who spent much of his late teens studying the Beat hero. Says Greg Bem about staying up late and appreciating Ginsberg: “I acquired Howl, … Continue reading →

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March 29 Living Room w/ Mary Sherwin

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Splabman

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live as another person, if only for a day? For a week? For three years? Mary Paynter Sherwin brings us the famous case of Martin Guerre for inspiration this week … Continue reading →

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