by Ryukan | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
To paraphrase Bo Diddley: I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie A brand new house on the road side, and it’s a-made out of rattlesnake hide Got a band new chimney put on top, and it’s a-made out of human skull Come on...
by Ryukan | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog
This week in the Living Room, your host Jeremy Springsteed will warm up our minds for the circle with a free association word game. Bring something to write with and on. Speaking of free association: Have you purchased your pass to the Cascadia Poetry Festival yet?...
by Ryukan | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
Legendary Coastal Salish storyteller Johnny Moses conducts the Red Cedar Circle at SPLAB. We were honored to have this remarkable story-teller at SPLAB and delighted to host a Red Cedar Circle at 7PM on February 10. More on Johnny here. Coast Salish songs and stories...
by Ryukan | Feb 1, 2012 | Blog
A large group of poets committed to seeing SPLAB continue as a Collective came out for the 1.31.12 Living Room. Paul Nelson facilitated and, after announcements and introductions, read Paul Hunter’s Open Books If we don’t read one another who do we ever...
by Ryukan | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
We’re turning SPLAB over to a collective, a poetic commons, a City of Poets. With the exception of two dates in the Fall, the 2012/2013 SPLAB season is yours to design. It requires a commitment, but that’s to be determined. We want to stick with writers and our bias...
