by Ryukan | Jul 14, 2010 | Sponsors
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Shunpike, seeks up to 12 artists to develop temporary installations for 12 vacant storefronts in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District neighborhoods. The installation...
by Ryukan | Jul 12, 2010 | Sponsors
From Lana Ayers: Dear Poets, The August Poetry Postcard Fest is taking sign-ups via the online system. If you are ready to write a poem on a postcard everyday for the month of August sign up now. In addition to writing 31 wonderful poems yourself, you’ll...
by Ryukan | Jul 10, 2010 | Sponsors
At the recent 2010 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, a reader asked me what my new novel DRAIN is about. I answered, in one breath… “A near-future where Lake Michigan empties of water and a group of disenfranchised peoples moves in–an end-of-times...
by Ryukan | Jul 9, 2010 | Sponsors
Charles Olson, The Principle of Measure in Composition by Field: Projective Verse II, ed. by Joshua Hoeynck Work from the Olson archive, an important edition to the original Projective Verse essay by Olson. ISBN 9780925904959 56 pages $15 “A poem has so many...
by Ryukan | Jul 6, 2010 | Sponsors
Negotiating the social bond of poetics—KSW Reading and Critical Workshop series. Louis Cabri’s new chapbooks are What Is Venice? (Wrinkle Press) and —that can’t (Nomados). Recent poetry appears in jacketmagazine.com, Rampike and (together with a dialogue with Roger...
by Ryukan | Jul 6, 2010 | Sponsors
Message from Anne Waldman and Lisa Birman Dear Community & Friends of the Jack Kerouac School: Lisa Birman and I are writing to you from the Summer Writing Program Office. We know that the Naropa environment has suffered because of the recent downsizing of Naropa...
by Ryukan | Jul 6, 2010 | Sponsors
John Olson is one of the most astute reviewers and writers in Seattle. His use of language is virtuosic. Today he takes on the work of a 24 year old novelist, Jarret Middleton. Here’s an excerpt of the review: What I like best about this book is the notion that...
by Ryukan | Jul 2, 2010 | Sponsors
Poetry is the language of the mythic, and mythology is the story that can’t be told. So how can you get around it? I think I have gotten to the story from about as many angles as are possible. I could have spent another 20 years and gotten up more, and you probably...
by Ryukan | Jun 22, 2010 | Sponsors
From Phoebe Bosche: Full View RAVEN NOTES, June 17, 2010 1. UPCOMING DEADLINES: The Raven Chronicles publishes work which reflects the cultural diversity of the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and other areas of America. We promote art, literature and the spoken word for...
by Ryukan | Jun 21, 2010 | Sponsors
Steven Fama, the world’s #1 John Olson fan, is at it again with a brilliant new review of Olson’s latest. How bout this cherry-picked quote on poetics: “You favored a type of poetry that was wild and surreal. A poetry full of phantasmagoria and...
by Ryukan | Jun 17, 2010 | Sponsors
A very intelligent review of Michael McClure’s new book Mysteriosos has been written by Joel Weishaus. He spots the prophetic in McClure’s latest work: Before April 20, 2010, when news spread of the disastrous sinking of BP’s oil-drilling platform,...
by Ryukan | Jun 15, 2010 | Sponsors
From Josie Davis: Fluff that Pillow … You’re Invited! Pie & Wine on the House. $10 General Seating Tickets Online Or Email us to RSVP Limited Seating. Limited Pie. Reserve your slice today! Anastacia Tolbert is a multifarious mix of grit, sunshine, alphabet juice...
by Ryukan | Jun 13, 2010 | Sponsors
Please tell a teacher about our August workshop for Continuing Education Credits. Has there ever been a cooler class to take for CTE’s?? Consciousness and The Spoken Word with Paul Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How can poetry activate...
by Ryukan | Jun 11, 2010 | Sponsors
Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine by Claire Kirch Jun 02, 2010 Shakespeare & Company Bookshop, the Paris literary icon originally founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919, and opened by George Whitman in 1951, is launching a literary magazine and literary...
by Ryukan | Jun 9, 2010 | Sponsors
SPLAB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-obFbRNesrQ Remarkable trailer for the new book by Dark Coast Press, Seattle’s coolest new publisher. Check it out! Official Book Trailer: An Dantomine Eerly by J.r.d. Middleton You are invited to witness an ailing...
