June 14 Living Room with Jeanne Morel

We’ll invite ourselves to play with words by moving the words of another poet around on paper. We’ll think about the words that commonly show up in our work, and how we can pull them from one poem to make a thread to begin something new, maybe something similar— maybe...

June 20 Prose Reading @ SPLAB

We’re sad to see the demise of Pilot Books, a tiny store on Capitol Hill, but energetic supporter of innovative writing. On Monday, June 20 at 7:30 PM, SPLAB welcomes two writers who had planned to read at Pilot move to our friendly neighborhood SPLAB: Amelia...

May 31 Living Room 7P Poetry of Cascadia

Who are the quintessential poets of Cascadia; that area (according to one scholar) from Cape Mendocino in northern California east to Yellowstone Lake, up the Continental Divide to (& including) the Alaska panhandle, most of British Columbia, all of Washington,...

Living Room: May 10, 2011: Get your exercise!

This week in the Living Room, Meredith A. Nelson hosts. We’ll kick off the night with a few exercises to get your blood flowing. No leotard required, just pen and paper.  Afterwards, we’ll share our work, listen, offer critique and enjoy the usual circle...

From the Hugo House (Seeking Your Input) May 14

How does Hugo House move forward? You’re invited to join the conversation as we build the future of Hugo House together. We’re having an Open Space gathering to create a dialogue around what matters to YOU about what we do at Hugo House. In Open Space meetings,...