by Ryukan | Dec 16, 2011 | Blog
Modern Language Association Reading: 60 Writers Saturday, January 7, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. Free. Timed to the Modern Language Association’s mega-conference in Seattle, this marathon reading features 60 upstart,...
by Ryukan | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
From John Helmiere, who works in the room next door to SPLAB in the Cultural Corner: Hi Everyone, I was beaten, arrested, and jailed by the Seattle Police Department yesterday as I sought to be a non-violent, peace-making presence at an event called West Coast Port...
by Ryukan | Dec 11, 2011 | Blog
Just when the earth reaches maximum axial tilt and dark winter looms, people do a strange thing: they act as if times are flush. Winter solstice celebrations everywhere feature rich food and drink. There were practical reasons for this in herding and agrarian...
by Ryukan | Dec 11, 2011 | Blog
Tentative Schedule: Saturday, March 24, 2012 Night Keynote Talk/Reading, selected faculty on Cascadian Culture, 15-30 minutes each and discussion. 7:30-10P, SPLAB. Sam Hamill, Judith Roche, Trevor Carolan, Tim McNulty, others TBA. Saturday and Sunday: Morning...
by Ryukan | Dec 11, 2011 | Blog
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? When do either prose or poetry...
