Tag Archives: Seattle Writing Groups

1st Living Room of 2012 w/ Graham Isaac

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Splabman

With the start of a new year, so comes the opportunity to look ahead, in both life and writing. On the 3rd of January, 2012, Graham Isaac will facilitate a brief discussion of what it means both conceptually and practically … Continue reading →

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Living Room, Tuesday Dec 13 7P w/ Anthony Warnke

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Splabman

If, as Marvin Bell’s quote for last week’s Living Room suggests, poetry differs from prose for what it leaves out, why do some writers cast a poem in prose form? When does prose become poetry? When does poetry become prose? … Continue reading →

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Living Room Tuesday N.29.11 7P

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Splabman

Living Room has been brewing with ideas about poetics lately—from the Dada-esque/anti-Dada primal sound poetry of Kurt Schwitters, to Anne Sexton’s reappropriations of myths, and new ways to look at Thanksgiving.  All this has led some rich conversations, however at … Continue reading →

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Living Room, Tuesday Nov 22 7P Thanks or Genocide?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Splabman

As Thanksgiving approaches school children learn the story of pilgrims, Plymouth rock, helpful natives and thanks. As those children grow older they realize that the way the pilgrims gave thanks was genocide. That kind of ruins the story. Using examples … Continue reading →

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