Whatcom Poetry Series: Schedule of Events—
2008
| The Poet As Art |
Emily Warn and Thomas Hubbard | JAN. 26 |
Bill Porter and Paulann Petersen | FEB. 23 |
Lorna Corzier and Oliver de la Paz | APR. 5 |
Samuel Green and Lorraine Ferra | SEPT. 27 |
Nance Van Winckel and Dan Raphael | OCT. 25 |
Robert McNamara and Carolyn Wright | NOV. 22 |
| The Workshops |
Emily Warn: The Poem as a Complex System | JAN. 26 |
Paulann Petersen: Writing With the Current| FEB. 23 |
Oliver de la Paz: The Poetic Obsession | APR. 5 |
Samuel Green: Simple Case Binding Made Easy | SEPT. 28|
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| NOVEMBER 2008 |
THE POET AS ART:
Saturday, November 22, 7:30 pm, free to the public
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th Street in Bellingham
A reading by poets Robert McNamara and Carolyne Wright
Robert McNamara and Carolyne Wright are both translators of Bengali poetry. McNamara has received a number of writing and translating awards and fellowships, among them a National Endowment for the Arts, and a Fulbright Fellowship (India). Wright has received an NEA, a Fulbright Study Grant (Chile), and Fulbright Senior Research fellowships (India, and Bangladesh). And both are award-winning of their own poetry, too, of course.
More information about the November reading •
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| OCTOBER 2008 |
THE POET AS ART:
Saturday, October 25, 7:30 pm, free to the public
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th Street in Bellingham
A reading by poets Nance Van Winckel and Dan Raphael
Twice awarded a National Endowment for the Arts, Nance Van Winckel has also received the Washington State Governor’s Award for Poetry. Dan Raphael is known for the energy, humor and linguistic range of his performances in places like Bumbershoot, Burning Word, Wordstock, Portland Jazz Festival, Get Lit and the Walla Walla Poetry Party.
More information about the October reading •
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| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
THE POET AS ART:
Saturday, September 27, 7:30 pm, free to the public
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th Street in Bellingham
A reading by poets Samuel Green and Lorraine Ferra
Lorraine Ferra translates poets from Portugal. She is also the founder of Wordtracks, a nature-based writing program. Samuel Green is a poet and bookmaker who lives on a small island in the San Juans. In December, 2007, Samuel Green was officially named by Governor Chris Gregoire as the first Poet Laureate for the State of Washington. Since then, he has tirelessly promoted poets and poetry around the state.
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WORKSHOP:
Simple Case Binding Made Easy
This hands-on workshop will focus on "case binding," the process of putting text blocks
(the pages of a book or journal) between boards with cloth & paper covers. Sam
has taught this course to kids, as well as adults, and he says it's one of the
most useful techniques he knows. All tools and materials will be provided.
Students should expect to carry away a finished book and the skills to continue
on their own.
This workshop is taught by longtime northwest publisher/poet, Samuel Green. Sam and his printer wife, Sally, have published letterpressed books under the Brooding Heron Press logo for almost three decades, and before that they ran Jawbone Press. Sam is "the bookbinder in the family," having learned his initial skills at the bench under the tutelage of Don Guyot, of Colophon Binder, and then working on his own to bind thousands of books by this time.
TIME:Sunday, September 28, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
PLACE: 5581 Noon Road, Bellingham
COST: $65 per person
Workshop is limited to twelve participants
REGISTRATION: Contact James Bertolino at 360-398-7870 or jimbertolino@yahoo.com
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| APRIL 2008 |
THE POET AS ART:
Saturday, April 5, 7:30 pm, free to the public
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th Street in Bellingham
A reading by poets Lorna Crozier and Oliver de la Paz
More information about the April events • |
WORKSHOP:
Sunday, April 6, 10-3
Egress Studio, 5581 Noon Road, Bellingham
Oliver de la Paz: The Poetic Obsession
The poetic obsession's purpose is to take you back to a life lived and translate the lived life into the imagined life. Our job, out of all this, will be simple. Our plan will be to find the secret door to our experience and open it. Perhaps it's a door you've passed everyday and were afraid to open. Perhaps it's an empty storefront you've seen as you've driven through your neighborhood. Yet you've imagined yourself opening that door. You've seen yourself taking a step and walking in and that image of yourself in relation to that door has obsessed you. We will not be looking for ways out, but for ways in.
The workshop is limited to 12 participants, and the four-hour session costs $65.
Contact James Bertolino at 360-398-7870 or jimbertolino@yahoo.com for registration and other information.
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| FEBRUARY 2008 |
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THE POET AS ART:
Saturday, February 23, 7:30 pm, free to the public
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th Street in Bellingham
A reading by poets Paulann Petersen
and Bill Porter (Red Pine)
More information about the February events • |
WORKSHOP:
Sunday, February 24, 10-3
Egress Studio, 5581 Noon Road, Bellingham
Paulann Petersen: Downstream — Writing With the Current
Join Paulann Petersen in a poetry workshop dedicated to generating new work. Using notable poems (including ones from William Stafford, Lisel Mueller, and Mark Strand) as springboards, we'll turn ourselves loose in the river of words, letting language carry us along in its current. We'll also linger in a couple of eddies, taking a look at two significant craft elements, trope and line integrity. The workshop goal is to have each participant leave with a trove of new material, and a new tool or two for revision. All levels of experience welcome.
The workshop is limited to 12 participants, and the four-hour session costs $65.
Contact James Bertolino at 360-398-7870 or jimbertolino@yahoo.com for registration and other information.
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| JANUARY 2008 |
THE POET AS ART:
Saturday, January 26, 7:30 pm, free to the public
Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th Street in Bellingham
A reading by poets Emily Warn and Thomas Hubbard
More information about the January events • |
WORKSHOP:
Sunday, January 27, 10-3
Egress Studio, 5581 Noon Road, Bellingham
Emily Warn: The Poem as a Complex System
How does a poet work a perception or idea into a meaningful poem? Using samples from specific poets, Emily Warn will discuss how the components of a poem can be sharpened to direct content into meaning.
The workshop is limited to 12 participants, and the four-hour session costs $65.
Contact James Bertolino at 360-398-7870 or jimbertolino@yahoo.com for registration and other information.
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