Living Room, Tuesday 3.20.12 Prose. Poetry. Prose poetry?

Prose. Poetry. Prose poetry? While the debate where one ends and the other begins is destined to rage into eternity, few would argue that prose often appeals to our sense of language, and poetry often retains a narrative edge. We’ll look at and discuss the...

1st Living Room of 2012 w/ Graham Isaac

With the start of a new year, so comes the opportunity to look ahead, in both life and writing. On the 3rd of January, 2012, Graham Isaac will facilitate a brief discussion of what it means both conceptually and practically to set goals for ones’ writing....

More on “Place” in the Living Room 10.11.11 7P

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?...

Silence & Communication: September 1, 2011

(From Greg Bem) On Thursday, September 1st, we are hosting a large-scale group reading and performance at the event space Sole Repair on Capitol Hill in Seattle. The event will feature 22 writers of different backgrounds and disciplines, as well as a host of local...