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 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 | 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....