Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154 There are several readings of note tonight. At the University Book Store, Matthew Kangas talks about Northwest art from the 1920s to the 1960s. Hey, Jen Graves has written about Matthew Kangas before! You should read her awesome story about Matthew Kangas if you're planning on going to the reading. And maybe ask him about it. At the Hugo House, Nancy Pagh reads from After, which won the Floating Bridge Press chapbook award. I got an e-mail from someone promoting this reading that literally rewrote my calendar listing for this reading, asking me to change it. Apparently, he was... Copyright 2008 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:13:02 -0800 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Devon No miffedness at all, Paul. Just wanted to get the the other readers, who were all finalists in the 2008 chapbook contest, mentioned. Thanks for doing so here.

]]> Devon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154#c1133320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154#c1133320 Books Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:02:04 -0800 Comment by Devon What the hell (not that this is meant to be further convincing). Here are the past winners of the FBP chapbook contest:

2007 Boxing the Compass, Holly J. Hughes

2006 In the Convent We Become Clouds, Annette Spaulding-Convy

2005 Toccata & Fugue, Timothy Kelly

2004 The Former St. Christopher, Michael Bonacci

2003 Geography, Kelli Russell Agodon

2001 The End of Forgiveness, Joseph Green

2000 X: A Poem, Chris Forhan

1999 Sonnets from the Mare Imbrium, Bart Baxter

1998 Blue Willow, Molly Tenenbaum

1997 A Woman Named Wife, Donna Waidtlow

1996 A Measure of Heaven, Nance van Winckel

1995 A Steady Longing for Flight, Joannie Kervran


]]> Devon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154#c1133406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154#c1133406 Books Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:34:20 -0800 Comment by Ann If you haven't heard of Lana Hechtman Ayers and Derek Sheffield, both outstanding Northwest poets, you are, frankly, not well read.

]]> Ann http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154#c1136354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/reading_tonight_154#c1136354 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:45 -0800