by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Events
It’s possible that some of you didn’t see your exercise when I posted it to Facebook, so I want to make sure you can see it. Here’s the link: http://somaticpoetryexercises.blogspot.com/ THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! I had an amazing time! And enjoyed...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Blog
From Christopher Casamassima: http://freepoetryfor.blogspot.com/ [Free Poetry For], formerly, PO25¢EM is an ongoing series of tiny chapbooks (4.25″ by 5.5″) that are printed in a limited edition of 100 copies. We started publishing these chapbooks in 2004, and they...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Events
When image is connected with word what happens? From Blake to street art there has been a meaningful dialogue between these mediums. Bring your favorite works that express this type of multi media experience and we will discuss how these forms inform one another when...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Blog
From Alex Bleecker: yessir, we’re back! june 15th – 2 weeks from tonight – it’s going down, and hard. same bat time, same bat channel. get out of your charnel and come over… featuring: morris stegosaurus (multimedia performance poetry)...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Events
We’ll invite ourselves to play with words by moving the words of another poet around on paper. We’ll think about the words that commonly show up in our work, and how we can pull them from one poem to make a thread to begin something new, maybe something similar— maybe...
by Ryukan | May 24, 2011 | Blog
We’re sad to see the demise of Pilot Books, a tiny store on Capitol Hill, but energetic supporter of innovative writing. On Monday, June 20 at 7:30 PM, SPLAB welcomes two writers who had planned to read at Pilot move to our friendly neighborhood SPLAB: Amelia...
by Ryukan | May 22, 2011 | Events
From Thomas Walton, Greetings! PageBoy has proofs, and the proof is in the, uh, printer. Issue III 11 will be out and all over everywhere soon – like pudding I guess. If you want to see the magazine FIRST, join us at Arabica (Capitol Hill, Seattle) on Sat. June...
by Ryukan | May 20, 2011 | Blog
Hi, Hope you can stop by to partake of the landscape, installations and artwork at the Washington Studio and Gardens. Washington House and Studio 1816 26th Avenue http://www.jameswashington.org Directions At 26th & Union go 5 blocks north. Residence is on east...
by Ryukan | May 20, 2011 | Events
Who are the quintessential poets of Cascadia; that area (according to one scholar) from Cape Mendocino in northern California east to Yellowstone Lake, up the Continental Divide to (& including) the Alaska panhandle, most of British Columbia, all of Washington,...
by Ryukan | May 19, 2011 | Blog
As poets, are we always conscious of the musicality with which we write? Infused with rhythm, meter, resonance (or intentionally rejecting these things), a poem is a song unto itself. Not surprisingly, poets have a long-standing tradition of being inspired by, and...
by Ryukan | May 18, 2011 | Blog
C.A. Conrad got several poets to speak on camera about Allen Ginsberg. Your wily SPLABman was one of them. Nice work, C.A. Thank you Allen. http://jupiter88ginsberg.blogspot.com/
by Ryukan | May 17, 2011 | Events
In this workshop you will be introduced to basic and some more advanced techniques in animated gif (Graphics Interchange Format) creation. We will think about how this popular new media format can be used for experimental literary forms. Animated gifs are like the...
by Ryukan | May 17, 2011 | Blog
http://nwfolklifefestival2011.sched.org/event/f257fa6f976c47467778d3d090cd20b0 4-5P Friday, May 27, 2011 Type: Music Performance → Northwest Stories Venue: Center House Theatre (Seattle Center) Multi-Language Choral Poetry URL: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org Genre SW...
by Ryukan | May 15, 2011 | Events
SPLAB is pleased to present three visiting poets for a reading at 8P Sunday, May 22, 2011: Jesse Morse lives in Portland, Oregon. His work has recently appeared in Past Simple, Slack Lust and Unheimliche. Work forthcoming in Page Boy. He’ll have two chapbooks...
by Ryukan | May 14, 2011 | Events
From Michael Schein: Dear Poets According to reliable billboard announcements, the End of the World is set for May 21. Where would you rather spend Judgment Day: (a) Stuck in traffic on the I-90 bridge; (b) In the basement, fixing a leaky washer; (c) At the mall...
