SPLAB

Good news from Open Books:

Dear Paul y SPLAB,

Good news today on the McClure book front. Our rep sent e-mail confirming we will have thirty copies of Mysteriosos to sell at the reading. I’m not sure when we’ll be getting them– sometime twixt now and then. Happy day!

until soon,

John (Marshall)

MYSTERIOSO  O N E

LOVELY.  LOVELY AND ANCIENT AND FOXED

with rusty brown spots as the oldest

IMMORTAL PRINCESS,

or the Bodhisattva Kwannon as a simpering

and infinitely generous

OLD WHORE.

How surprised we are at what passes

in past and future

for the scent of apples.

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know more about the skin and muscles

and the wall of stars two billion light years long;

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all

QUICK

! ! !

Thanks to David Sherwin for this brilliant design.

McClure Flyer design by David Sherwin

We are delighted to have the following co-sponsors of Michael McClure’s upcoming visit to Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood:

Poets & Writers, Dark Coast Press,  the State Commission on Humanities, Augusto Romano, L.Ac, KBCS-FM, Wabi Sabi restaurant in Columbia City, Open Books and Copper Canyon Press.

If you are interested in being in such good company in support of this event, the deadline to ensure your ad gets into the program is March 1. Call Paul Nelson at 206.422.5002 or email: pen (at) splab (dot) org. Tickets to the reading and lecture are included in all sponsorship packages. Space is limited.

On Feb 1, Steven Fama created an on-line homage to SPLAB’s upcoming visiting poet. If there is a more accurate, spirited and beautiful summation of Michael McClure’s poetry on the web, I haven’t seen it. Spanning McClure’s entire career, from the Six Gallery Reading to some of his latest work, if you have ANY interest in McClure, this is a must-read:

http://stevenfama.blogspot.com/2010/02/17-reasons-why.html