by Ryukan | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog
Open Books, one of two all-poetry bookstores in the U.S. (The only one west of Cambridge, MA.) Three important upcoming readings: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 07:30 PM BRENDA HILLMAN Brenda Hillman reads from Practical Water (Wesleyan University Press), the third...
by Ryukan | Oct 23, 2009 | Events
Want intelligent feedback on your writing, or a critique on a poem or bit of prose? Join us for SPLAB’s acclaimed writer’s critique circle, Living Room. Writers of all ages and skill levels gather in the 2nd floor lounge of the Columbia City Cinema, at 4816 Rainier AV...
by Ryukan | Oct 21, 2009 | Events
SPLAB’s coming out party is Sat & Sun, Oct 24-25, at Bookfest, Columbia City Event Center, 3528 S. Ferdinand, one block from the Columbia City light rail station. Come see us at our booth near the poetry stage, at the stage itself (which SPLAB is...
by Ryukan | Oct 21, 2009 | Blog
My new book was conceived sometime late in 1997, and when Joanne Kyger came to SPLAB and heard me talk about the history of Auburn, Washington (how it was originally named Slaughter after Lt. William A. Slaughter and how they blew up the Stuck River a couple of...
by Ryukan | Oct 19, 2009 | Events
Whew! We’re super busy gearing up for an incredible weekend at Bookfest. We’re sponsoring the Poetry Stage, and there’s a full line-up of incredible local poets. We’ve got volunteers lined up for our booth, marketing materials at the printer, and lots of little...
by Ryukan | Oct 18, 2009 | Events
Come to read new work for an intelligent critique, come to read someone else’s work that you find inspiring, or compelling, or come just to be in the engaging company of other writers. In the 2nd floor lounge of the Columbia City Cinema EVERY TUESDAY 7-9 PM, 4816...
by Ryukan | Oct 15, 2009 | Blog
Digging Lorca takes on new meaning with the news that the Spanish government may exhume what are believed to be his remains. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/16/lorca.spain.burial.site/index.html Remember, we’d never assassinate a poet in this country…just...
by Ryukan | Oct 11, 2009 | Blog
She was named by BUST magazine as “the rock star of modern poetry” & that would usually be the death knell for a poet in my book, but in the case of Eileen Myles, it’s only slightly hyperbolic. She was at Elliott Bay Book last night for a Wave Press authors event...
by Ryukan | Oct 9, 2009 | Blog
USAmericans LOVE their dead poets. Especially those who they can’t or aren’t able to understand during the poet’s life. Charles Olson is another case in point. Living in poverty at the end of his life in 1970, Charles Olson was the subject of a major panel, reading...
by Ryukan | Oct 5, 2009 | Blog
For a poet in the U.S., one can get the impression that academic poetry is all that is happening, all that matters in USAmerican letters. For those who crave more (you crave more don’t you?) a blog dedicated to the outsiders in poetry might be the most popular poetry...
by Ryukan | Oct 1, 2009 | Blog
Last night I drove up to Vancouver to attend the Fred Wah book release party. With Fred as the night’s headliner and the emcee being George Bowering, two of the most important North American poets of a generation, I knew this would be an event well worth attending. I...
