Cascadia Poetics LAB
Poetry Postcard Fest
Watershed Press
Cascadian Prophets Podcast
Cascadia Poetry Festival 8

Living Room 2.1.11, 7PM

  Meredith A. Nelson hosts, sharing some Chinese writing, but mainly just letting people share their work and get feedback…because that’s what Living Room is all about. That’s how we roll. Writers of all ages and skill levels gather Tuesdays at 7P to...

Two New reviews by Greg Bem

600 Words for Two New Books of Balanced Verse Michael McClure: Mysteriosos and Other Poems (New Directions, 2010) Not having read any Michael McClure since my undergraduate education a couple years ago, I was struck with curiosity when I learned about this book. I’m...

The Breadline 2

The second Breadline event is going down at Vermillion, on Wednesday the 16th of February. The performers are: Entertainer musician extraordinaire Cooper Smith. Grotesque and mysterious, mystical literary marksman Jarret Middleton (of Dark Coast Press).Poetic...

Call for Artists: Quiet Heroes on a Rainy Night

Got THIS in the SPLAB inbox today: Local arts consortium seeks practitioners of dangerous, witty and unfettered theatre & art to create an urban carnival humming with salon & speakeasy undertones. Barnstorm is part performance space, part art gallery, part bar...

Living Room 1.25.11 w/ Alex O. Bleecker & Raffle Drawing!

The ghazal is an Arabic poetic form developed in 10th century Persia from the verse form gasida.  Through the spread of the Mogul empire, it made its way through the Middle East to Pakistan and India, where it enjoys popularity to this day.  It is also meant to be...