by Ryukan | Mar 20, 2011 | Blog
“No, Alex, it’s not a myth. It rains a lot in Seattle.” Words I’d heard from various sources before moving out here less than a year ago. Little could I imagine the all-pervasiveness – the wet presence that affects Seattlites in one way or another for three-quarters...
by Ryukan | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog
The SPLAB Visiting Poet Series welcomed Nathaniel Mackey to Seattle March 11 and 12, 2011, for a prose reading and conversation, a workshop and a poetry reading. For many reasons, this event set a new high water mark for SPLAB. Mackey was the 2nd Visiting Poet to read...
by Ryukan | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog
It’s that time again, lovely raffle entrants. If you have pitched in your five bones (or more!), you will want to be present for your chance to win GREAT PRIZES from SIFF CINEMA, CHELSEA DELI and NEW DIRECTIONS Press. Meredith A. Nelson will be your raffle...
by Ryukan | Mar 9, 2011 | Events
Life is no more predictable than the roll of a die. Going through it involves susceptibility to accident, injury, even brushes with death. When people survive such experiences, they often come out changed – physically, mentally, emotionally. Sometimes they are...
by Ryukan | Mar 5, 2011 | Blog
March 20 – George Bowering – 7:30PM plus Open Mic. Emcee Paul Nelson. George Bowering is a poet/novelist from British Columbia. He was Canada’s first Parliamentary Poet Laureate, 2002-2004. His latest poetry book is the 375-page My Darling Nellie Grey, a series...
