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Nathaniel Mackey in Columbia City March 11 & 12, 2010 Nathaniel Mackey is an American poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic, editor and Professor of Literature at Duke University in North Carolina. A Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets, he was born...

Hedgebrook Showcase at Doe Bay, Orcas Island

February 6, 7PM Hedgebrook Writers Showcase Linda Clifton and Madeline Ostrander plus Open Mic. Emcee Meredith Nelson. Come spend a couple of days on Orcas Island in celebration of this remarkable center for women writers. Hedgebrook supports a growing global...

Thank you, SPLAB supporters.

We have a lot to be thankful for in 2010, and are looking ahead to what promises to be a fantastic 2011. We moved into an amazing new space, are getting support from local businesses, our Living Room attendance is up 179% over the same period last year, and the...

Living Room January 4, 2011

Our weekly writer’s circle, Living Room, resumes Tuesday, January 4, 2011, as Your Friendly Neighborhood Splabman, Paul Nelson, presents an homage to Charles Olson, who would have turned 100 on December 27, 2010. SPLAB thanks everyone who contributed in one way...

Greg Bem Review: The Alchemist’s Kitchen by Susan Rich

The Alchemist’s Kitchen by Susan Rich. 105 pages. White Pint Press, 2010. $16.00. With several degrees permeating between the various large, overarching categories of American poetry today, it is hard to commit to an adequate assessment of the quieter, gentler verse...