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Interview with Claudia Castro Luna in Poetry NW

Interview with Claudia Castro Luna in Poetry NW

I’m delighted to have a version of my June 2022 interview with Claudia Castro Luna published in Poetry NW. Thank you Bill Carty. Here is an excerpt: There’s war raging in Ukraine, a general feeling that a second U.S. civil war is possible given the divisiveness...
Upcoming Readings and Workshops All Free

Upcoming Readings and Workshops All Free

MONDAY I’m delighted to be reading for Raul Sanchez Monday night at HeartSpace in Lake City. I’ve known Raul from the local poetry community going back almost 30 years. (1994, at Auburn’s Best Café was the place we met, before the Auburn Spokenword...
Poetics As Cosmology in West Seattle

Poetics As Cosmology in West Seattle

Thanks to the support of 4Culture, I am presenting a workshop I have been developing for a few years in West Seattle starting this Friday. 1pm, Oct 7, 21 & 28, 2022. There will be discussion, some examples of the approach and writing exercises. I am grateful to...
In Person and Online Workshops

In Person and Online Workshops

It has become part of an annual rhythm thanks to the pandemic and the emergence of Zoom. Coming after the Poetry Postcard Fest is the workshop season. For two years it has only been online. While the online classes are filling up, I am also facilitating a series of...
9.28.2022 @ Underbelly

9.28.2022 @ Underbelly

  Once I survived the promotional photo shoot for the Underbelly reading, I was ready for the event. I’ll be part of a reading in Pioneer Square with: underbelly       every last Wednesday   119 1st Ave        sept 28            alysa levi-d’ancona     ...