by Splabman | Nov 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was the emcee one year at the Bumbershoot Literary Arts stage, 1999, back when that stage and the small press fair was the unofficial kickoff of the Seattle literary arts season. After a short summer of being outdoors, the first Red Sky Poetry Theater open mic of...
by Splabman | Apr 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
For years I was on the email list of Portland poet David Abel. The range of events promoted on that list went from experimental poetry readings to workshops, rare book exhibits to raga singing classes and much more. Every event he was associated with was interesting...
by Splabman | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have known Denis Mair from my earliest days attending Red Sky Poetry Theater at the Globe Cafe at 14th & Pine. This would have been as early as 1995. A tall, soft-spoken man, he would read his translations from Chinese poets and that was just one more aspect of...
by Splabman | Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Crystal Curry is writing a piece on the Cascadia Poetry Festival and had a few questions for me. I thought I’d get the whole thing online here so you can see some of the background of the fest and my own interests/motivations. Paul — so I have access to...
by Splabman | Nov 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Seattle’s Poetry Scene Seattle likes to pride itself on being one of America’s Most Literate Cities. I pay attention to these annual pronouncements for about 2 minutes when they inevitably make the news, or are posted on Facebook, and Seattle’s usually up there with...
