by Ryukan | Dec 1, 2010 | Events
It’s the holidays again, and right now, writing is probably the furthest thing from our minds. And if we do manage to get a single moment of silence to write anything, it’s bound to be filled with family drama, alcohol, or one of those other trite associations we have...
by Ryukan | Nov 21, 2010 | Events
“If we go back to why one word is chosen over another, we can make a distinction between internal and external decisions as to what is important. By internal, I mean what works on the page, what works within the whole of the design: the activity that occurs among the...
by Ryukan | Nov 12, 2010 | Events
SPLAB LIVING ROOM features Peter Pereira Poetry Reading/Discussion Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 – 7:00PM Come hear physician-poet Peter Pereira read new poems exploring the history of medicine. Drawn from the life stories of famous and infamous physicians and...
by Ryukan | Nov 1, 2010 | Events
Resisting the Intelligence (Alex Bleecker facilitates) Often likened to Billy Collins and criticized by academics as seeking to ‘dumb down’ poetry, acclaimed poet and critic Tony Hoagland has always been an advocate of making/keeping poetry accessible. Worried that...
by Ryukan | Oct 20, 2010 | Events
To open up our second SPLAB Living Room Tuesday, November 2, Maryna Ajaja will read a small essay on rhythm, How Are Verses Made? by Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Why Mayakovsky? Because he was a revolutionary poet, a genius, a hipster, actor and artist — and...
