Pacific Rim Poetrics Workshop Hugo House

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Splabman

Pacific Rim Poetics

What does it mean to be a West Coast poet? Or to broaden the view, a Pacific Rim poet? In this course, we will look at some of the distinctions that make up the poetics of our region and beyond, from the haibun of Basho to the list poems of Sei Shonagon. We will look at the serial poems of Jack Spicer, Nathaniel Mackey and Robin Blaser, and Lissa Wolsak’s phosphorus of the mystery. Class time will be given to readings (and listenings) of work, as well as writing exercises and discussion. For more information, click on Teacher Bio.

Instructor: Paul Nelson
Meets: at Hugo House, Thursday, January 27, 2011 – Thursday, March 03, 2011
Thursday, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Min: 5 Max: 15

Contact: sarabrickman@hugohouse.org 206.322.7030

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Nate Mackey Talk/Prose Reading March 11

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Splabman

SPLAB is delighted to announce a partnership with CD Forum for the Nate Mackey talk and prose reading. Details below and here.

Nathaniel Mackey
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 7:00PM
at Northwest African American Museum
 2300 South Massachusetts Street (Map)
Tickets: $5 | Buy Online!

“There is a cliché about music writing, sometimes attributed to Thelonious Monk, among others: ‘Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.’ If so, Nathaniel Mackey is compelled, rather than deterred, by the multiform madness of the enterprise. He is the Balanchine of the architecture dance.” –David Hajdu, The New York Times

National Book Award Winner, experimental writer and poet Nathanial Mackey reads from From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate: Volumes 1-3, which collects the first three installments – Bedouin Hornbook, Dijbot Baghostus’s Run, and Atet A.D. – of Mackey’s genre-defying work of fiction.

Read more about Nathaniel Mackey here.

Co-presented by SPLAB

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Represent! 98118!

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Splabman


PRESENTS

98118! Represent!
A Day in the Life of America’s Most Diverse Zip Code
Midnight Till Midnight,
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Calling All Poets and Photographers,
Professionals and Amateurs

If You Live, Work, or Play in the 98118, Take Out Your Cameras, Take Out Your Pens, Laptops or I-Pads, Participate!

If Your Business or Organization would like to sponsor a writer and/or photographer to record an hour or more in the life of your community on Wednesday, October 5, 2011:
Please Contact: Paul Nelson at SPLAB, 206.422.5002, pen@splab.org

If you are a photographer or poet who would like to spend all or part of Wednesday, October 5, 2011 recording one or more “Perspectives of Life in the 98118,”
please contact: Nancy Rawles, 206.323.1077, nrawles@earthlink.net

98118! Represent!
98118! Represent is a community arts creation, presentation, and archival project that will include photography exhibits and poetry readings in 2011 and 2012. To volunteer services or in-kind donations, please call Nancy or Paul.

98118 Poster (for download)

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New Reading Series

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Splabman

Some SPLAB guys are getting together to create a new reading series:

the breadline
jan.19 7-9p
vermillion art gallery & bar
1508 eleventh av (pike/pine)
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join us for the launch of a new monthly performance series that will spotlight local poets, fiction writers, musicians, and visual artists. this month features jeremy springsteed, alex bleecker, greg bem (poetry); kristen young (prose); jeff brennan, trent thornley (music); alex miller ~ the1979bizarre (video). followed by an open mic.

It’s BYOB. (Bring yr own bread.)

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