by Veronica Martinez | Jun 17, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Jack Kerouac and Buddhism at Elliott Bay Book Company Join CPL friends and Beat Generation scholars Jim Jones and Charles Shuttleworth at Elliott Bay Book Company for a discussion on The Buddhist Years: Collected Writings, a volume of “previously unpublished...
by Zach Charles | Oct 31, 2024 | Blog, podcast, podcastb
“The Beat Generation is one of the most formidable literary movements of the mid-to late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Its innovative connections to emerging postmodernisms—collapsing boundaries among genres such as fiction, verse, and memoir; between...
by Ryukan | May 25, 2010 | Sponsors
Tonight at 7PM, we meet again in the SPLAB Living Room, 4816 Rainier AV S, in the 2nd floor lounge of the Columbia City Cinema. Hear guest Jim Jones talk about his poetry and maybe his Kerouac scholarship. Read a poem for a gentle critique. Or, like Jonda, come just...
by Ryukan | Apr 6, 2010 | Sponsors
There is no other poet/scholar in Seattle like John Olson. In fact, there’s no one in the world quite like him. His appetite for language is unmatched. We all are our language, to some degree, but John lives words. Breathes syllables. Exhales some of the most...
by Ryukan | Mar 13, 2010 | Sponsors
The 30+ people who attended last night’s lecture with Michael McClure have already gotten a taste of how remarkable this renowned poet is. YOU still have a chance to experience it. There are a few spots left in today’s workshop, that runs from 1pm to 4pm...
