by Splabman | 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 Splabman | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog
We are in the final stages of preparation for next weekend’s Cascadia Poetry Festival, which is shaping up to be quite the amazing event, and we’d like to thank you all for your support as Paul and I await our own amazing event: the birth of our daughter...
by Splabman | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog
This week in the Living Room, your host Jeremy Springsteed will warm up our minds for the circle with a free association word game. Bring something to write with and on. Speaking of free association: Have you purchased your pass to the Cascadia Poetry Festival yet?...
by Splabman | Jan 10, 2012 | Blog
For Walt Whitman, body-consciousness seemed to propel the poet beyond anything as simple as “interest” in the physiological processes of the body in health. The 1855 versions of “Song of Myself,” “The Sleepers,” and “I Sing...
by Splabman | Oct 9, 2011 | Events
When someone tells you where they’re from, are they quick to qualify their statement? When you know a poet hails from a certain locale, how does that effect your perception of them? If Frank O’ Hara had been from Oklahoma, would you read him the same way?...
