Slog - Comments on Reading Today http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17 There are two readings today. Cody Walker is reading at the Seattle Public Library. Walker is a "poet populist," which is something that the city is doing to promote poetry. Poet populists are supposed to walk around and talk about poetry and, you know, share it with the people. Like those poetry on the bus signs, only human. Up at the Comics Dungeon at 45th in Wallingford at 3pm, there will be a staged reading of some stories from The Virgin Project, which is a comic book anthology of true stories about how people lost their virginities. It's a... Copyright 2008 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:00:00 -0800 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:21:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dan the brave and savage warrior Hmmmmmmmm, every time, and no matter how I parse it, I try to post a couple excerpts from Dan Savage's pro-war piece from October 2002, or link to it, the spam filter blocks it. The Slog spam filter seems to be rejecting the title and quotes from the article and link as spam. How amusing that Dan Savage is afraid to have his own words posted to Slog. Words that are probably the most important that he ever wrote. Or at least words that he used flippantly to address the most important issue he ever wrote about. Words that supported a Bush policy of war crimes and imperialism. Here's a tiny url to Dan's article:

http://tinyurl.com/63rfxd


]]> Dan the brave and savage warrior http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002514 Books Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:36:16 -0800 Comment by linus because no one gives a fuck you sorry sack of shit
anyway
If i werent out of town I'd love to check out the virginity comic...is there a spot to give them our own storys...I gat a errr intresting one

]]> linus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002566 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002566 Books Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:55:33 -0800 Comment by PopTart @2 check out the website, I think you can submit your story:

http://www.artofkdboze.com/how_it_works.html

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002568 Books Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:05:07 -0800 Comment by unPC "The Populist Poet Foretold"

Beat Nick's
'Licata fritata'--
Writing on the wall.

by,

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002571 Books Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:54:45 -0800 Comment by Fnarf A little early to be on the sauce, isn't it, unPC?

Why is the city promoting poetry? They should be trying to stamp it out. Probably get better poetry that way, too.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002582 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002582 Books Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:24:18 -0800 Comment by Cow Cody Walker was my first English instructor at the UW, and became a sort-of advisor throughout my English degree. Awesome guy and a very entertaining poet.

It's probably already over, but if not, and you can go, go.

]]> Cow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002603 Books Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:58 -0800 Comment by JC The BBC did a great audio drama version The Club of Queer Trades, with well-known British actors like Martin Freeman.

Also check out G.K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" - which the BBC also has a recording of.

I don't know if these recordings are for sale, but you can find them online. Just search for the title + BBC + "torrent".

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/reading_today_17#c1002665 Books Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:21:52 -0800