by Ryukan | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog
Brenda Hillman finished off the SPLAB 2011 Visiting Poets Series in fine fashion November 11 and 12 with a brilliant talk on Innovation and Activism in Poetry Friday the 11th (Veterans Day), a workshop that left at least one participant “buzzing all day”...
by Ryukan | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog
On September 24th 2011, poets gathered (at SPLAB) & in 450 cities around the world in an event called 100 Thousand Poets for Change. The event is designed to change how we see global community and work to cure symptoms of a world that, in Gary Snyder’s words, is...
by Ryukan | Jun 25, 2012 | Blog
As I prepare to make one last presentation at one last Living Room in Columbia City, I am taking a moment to look back and consider all the great things that happened in our three year run here. My wife Meredith and I planned to relocate to Seattle as soon as my...
by Ryukan | Jun 19, 2012 | Blog
We’re down to two last Living Room writer’s critique circle sessions in Columbia City. Early returns on the outreach we’re doing suggests that, while the current SPLAB is a lovely and intimate space, it is out of the way for most people who would...
by Ryukan | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog
LES MORELY & RAVEN CHRONICLES PRESENT: RED SKY REDUX AT HOPVINE PUB (formerly known as the 5-0 Tavern). June 24, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Readers: Marion Kimes, Willie Smith, Martha Linehan, Doug Nufer. Music: Wally Shoup. + Open Mic. Hopvine, 507 15th Ave. East, Capitol...
by Ryukan | Jun 5, 2012 | Blog
Bring your digital camera or smartphone w/camera to this Living Room! Your host Meredith Nelson is going to take you on a little meander inside and out and we’re going to do a writing exercise from what we discover. Regular critique circle follows. Writers of...
by Ryukan | Jun 5, 2012 | Blog
Greg Bem passed along Amy Billharz video of the June 3, 2012, Ginsberg Marathon sunrise Howl reading, or at least a montage from that drunken, bleary-eyed Cuban cigar smoke-filled morning: www.vimeo.com/43453437 AG Marathon photos here. And thanks to Rodney Herold, I...
by Ryukan | Jun 4, 2012 | Blog
From Eileen Walsh Duncan: Hello Paul, Tony Pfannensteil, a Portland poet, founded Fault Lines Poetry Journal and placed a call for submissions in fall 2011. I and many other poets along the Cacasdia Fault Line were intrigued by the energy and passion in his vision for...
by Ryukan | May 30, 2012 | Blog
Come experience the 14th way to look at a Blackbird. Tonight, we will be reading Wallace Stevens poem 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird while under a self induced hypnotic state (optional). This guided writing exercise is guaranteed to give you something to stop...
by Ryukan | May 22, 2012 | Blog
Since the first scriptures were penned, poetry and spirituality have intersected in ways both complimentary and antagonistic. At this edition of the living room, we’ll look at ways that poetry has attempted to make sense of, and transcend our physical reality....
by Ryukan | May 22, 2012 | Blog
From Greg Bem: Hello friends, There’s a great event coming up Saturday (June 2, 2012) — the annual Allen Ginsberg Marathon at SPLAB in Columbia City. The event’s first portion starts at 8pm and features Mickey O’Connor and Band of Poets....
by Ryukan | May 16, 2012 | Blog
From Michael Rothenberg: www.bigbridge.org Dear Big Bridge Friends, We are pleased to announce the BIG BRIDGE 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! For 15 years Big Bridge has worked hard to present our readers with a wide and varied selection of poetry,...
by Ryukan | May 16, 2012 | Blog
From Thomas Walton: Greetings, PageBoy Magazine is currently gathering material for its 5th issue! If you have something amazing, please send it along to this address with the word SUBMISSION in the subject line. (pageboymagazine@hotmail.com) We are looking for...
by Ryukan | May 14, 2012 | Blog
From Anthony Warnke: As I’ve begun to read Gertrude Stein in depth for the first time and reflect on some of my own favorite poetry, I have become increasingly aware of the power of repetition. Sometimes, it seems, the right new word is the word right behind it. In...
by Ryukan | May 11, 2012 | Blog
Paranomasia has nothing to do with a lack of ghosts. Rather, it comes from Greek, meaning word-shunting, and refers to the deliberate exploitation of words to achieve multiple meanings, ambiguities, humor, etc. (i.e., punning; i.e. cummings) — a way of...
