Organic Poetry CEC’s!

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Splabman

Please tell a teacher about our August workshop for Continuing Education Credits. Has there ever been a cooler class to take for CTE’s??

Consciousness and The Spoken Word with Paul Nelson

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PaulNelson How can poetry activate consciousness and influence personal story? Spend a day with a curriculum that looks at the deeper aspects of your being through poetry. Learn how to cultivate the poet in others. Paul Nelson, former radio show host, founder of Global Voice Radio, co-founder of SPLAB for the spoken word, and recent author of local poetry A Time Before Slaughter (a long poem re-enacting Auburn history), gives an all day workshop on The Personal Mythology of Organic Poetry.This summer workshop is a great way to introduce poetry to healthcare workers, teachers, and students for a means of transforming personal story. Aug 28, 9:30-5:30 PM. 7 Cont Ed credits available for teachers and practitioners. $10/$15 on site. Workshop Fees; $85/$95. students: $55

Register: (8/28/10) The Personal Mythology of Organic Poetry with Paul Nelson

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Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Splabman

Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine
by Claire Kirch
Jun 02, 2010

Shakespeare & Company Bookshop, the Paris literary icon originally founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919, and opened by George Whitman in 1951, is launching a literary magazine and literary prize. Both ventures will be officially announced at the famed Left Bank bookstore’s fourth biannual literary festival held the weekend of June 18-20.

The magazine, Paris Magazine, is what store owner Sylvia Whitman calls a “reincarnation” of a literary magazine with the same name that her father founded in 1967. The elder Whitman published three issues at sporadic intervals before discontinuing it in the ‘80s. “This will be the fourth one, but many, many years later,” the younger Whitman explained. It has not yet been determined how often this incarnation of Paris Magazine will be published.
Paris Magazine, edited by former Granta managing editor Fatema Ahmed, will include fiction, nonfiction, and illustrations. The current issue, with a 5,000-copy print run, contains a new translation of a poem by Apollinaire by Beat Generation writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a short story by N’Diaye, and another short story by Jesse Ball.
The bookstore will also award a 10,000 euro ($12, 292) prize every two years to the author of the best novella containing 20,000-30,000 words. Initial submissions are to be received by Dec. 1, 2010, and shortlisted entrants must submit their complete novella by March 1, 2011. The contest is open to unpublished writers only and there is an entry fee. Full details and entry forms will be made available on the bookstore’s website, www.shakespeareandcompany.com on June 20, the last day of this year’s literary festival. The prize is sponsored by the De Groot Foundation.
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Dark Coast Press trailer

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Splabman

SPLAB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-obFbRNesrQ
Remarkable trailer for the new book by Dark Coast Press, Seattle’s coolest new publisher. Check it out!

You are invited to witness an ailing poet’s passage into death. An Dantomine Eerly out now on Dark Coast Press (www.darkcoastpress.com) Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dantomine-Jarret-Richard-Devlin-Middleton/dp/0984428801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273638116&sr=8-1
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From the North Cascades Institute

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Splabman

INTRODUCING BASE CAMP

basecampladylakesm.jpgFlexible, affordable, enriching, fun: Base Camp is an exciting new opportunity to explore and learn about the North Cascades from professional naturalists while enjoying the comforts of our environmentally-friendly campus in the heart of the national park. You’re invited to stay at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, for as many days and nights as you’d like, on a space-available basis, during our peak summer season beginning June 14.

Every Base Camp registrant will enjoy overnight accommodations in our comfortable lodges, three meals, and admission to our daily educational programs on the natural and cultural history of the North Cascades. Casual educational programs will be offered three times daily and will vary throughout the summer. Options may include guided hikes on nearby trails, canoeing on Diablo Lake, natural history demonstrations, art activities, campfires, night hikes, wilderness skills and more.

More information at www.ncascades.org/basecamp and (360) 854-2599.

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