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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Former Political Prisoner Eric King
DESCRIPTION:Date: October 17th\nTime: 7PM\nLocation: Duck & Cover (2123 New Street Bellingham 98225) \nEric King comes to Bellingham to present his forthcoming book “A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon” (PM Press). \nEric King is an anarchist who was imprisoned in 2014 for acts of solidarity with the Ferguson\, Missouri\, uprising. While in federal custody Eric was indicted for a self-defense incident at FCI-Florence. Eric took it to trial and is one of the absolute few people to ever win at Federal Trial. After his victory Eric was sent to the Federal Supermax\, ADX\, where he spent most of his final two years of his prison bid. During his time in prison Eric coedited the political prisoner anthology Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners. Eric survived years of documented physical and psychological torture and made it out of prison with heart and soul intact.  \nA Clean Hell is a searing firsthand account from inside the most repressive prison in the United States\, a place built not for rehabilitation but for disappearance. \nThe federal supermax ADX Florence is the most secure facility in the United States\, a dungeon of isolation\, sensory deprivation\, and psychological disintegration. Here\, cruelty isn’t accidental; it’s the design. Built in 1995\, the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” was made to cage the so-called worst of the worst: bombers\, gang leaders\, political enemies\, and anyone the government deems too rebellious\, too inconvenient\, or too visible. \nAmong them was antifascist prisoner Eric King\, targeted for his politics\, brutally tortured by the Bureau of Prisons\, and ultimately entombed at ADX after beating a politically motivated federal prosecution. A Clean Hell tells the story of Eric’s decade behind bars: the years of surveillance and retaliation\, the years locked in solitary confinement\, the reality of being known as a “race traitor\,” and the daily acts of resistance that kept him—and others—alive. \nMore than just a firsthand survival story and exposé\, this is a blistering indictment of the carceral state and the sanitized violence it tries to hide. A Clean Hell is a crucial document of solidarity and struggle inside the belly of the beast and required reading for anyone concerned with mass incarceration\, political repression\, or the inhumane architecture of the US prison system.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/acleanhell/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bellingham%20Alternative%20Library":MAILTO:bellingham.alternative.library@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Print and Poetry Bazaar
DESCRIPTION:Print & Poetry Bazaar: This begins our monthly print and literary art market\, popping up every first Friday for downtown Arts Walk to showcase writers and publishing artists in our community! \nDoors at 7:00pm\, spoken word and poetry readings start at 8:00pm \nThis event will be hosted at the Flow Shala Studio\, located at 203 W Chestnut Street on the lower floor\, please contact us in advance for accessibility requests.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/print-and-poetry-bazaar-2/
LOCATION:Flow Shala\, 203 W. Chestnut Street\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black Market,Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220809T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Bazaar!
DESCRIPTION:This performance will be presented at the Flow Shala\, located on the lower floor of 203 W. Chestnut Street. \nDoors at 7:00pm\nDonations support the artists and the AltLib! \nAn evening showcase of poetry\, with readings and performances from Elle Glasse\, Siena Clayton\, Rye Bennett\, Ben Stump\, and MORE! \nThere will also be a popup exhibition of small press books and art from local creators including Micaela Lieseke\, Rae Berry\, Shrija Gandhi and more! \nAltLib is always ALL AGES!\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetry-bazaar/
LOCATION:Flow Shala\, 203 W. Chestnut Street\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black Market,Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171936
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T234225Z
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SUMMARY:POOR Press Book Release and Reading
DESCRIPTION:A Homeless People’s Solution to Homelessness!\nCapacity will be limited to 35 attendees.\nDonations will be collected at the door to support the artists and the AltLib!\nTo RSVP\, please send an e-mail to: bellinghamhomefulness@gmail.com \nThis performance will be presented at the Flow Shala yoga studio\, located on the lower floor of 203 W. Chestnut Street. Proof of vaccination is required for entry. \nPOOR MAGAZINE\, a collective of Poor\, Homeless\, Indigenous\, Black and Brown writers and activists\, will be in Bellingham to share an innovative model to solving homelessness called Homefulness. Members of POOR Magazine are touring to share their innovative “Homefulness Handbook\,” accompanied by a series of writing/poetry workshops in encampments\, community centers\, schools and jails with other homeless and formerly homeless communities. Leading a tour on stolen land and hoarded resources\, they will be sharing the template of Homefulness via storytelling and spoken word performance with fellow houseless and housed residents of so-called Bellingham\, WA! \n2021 POOR Press / Prensa POBRE releases \nThe Homefulness Handbook: How to build a homeless peoples solution to homelessness by POOR Magazine Family\nCrip Lyrics: The Unapologetic Poetry of Disability by Val Vera\nThe Sidewalk Motel: Poems from a Poverty Skola & PoShunary by Tiny Gray-Garcia\nKai Talks about the Missions by Angel Heart\nWhat’s My Address? by Lisa Ganser\nChimalli by Muteado Silencio\nLas palabras tienen poder para construir y destruir/Words have power to construct and destruct by Ingrid DeLeon\nOakland to Iraq by Audrey CandyCorn\n\nAltLib is always ALL AGES!\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poor-press/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Writer's Communion
DESCRIPTION:com·mun·ion\nkəˈmyo͞onyən\nnoun\n1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings\, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/writers-communion-16/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Writer's Communion
DESCRIPTION:com·mun·ion\nkəˈmyo͞onyən\nnoun\n1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings\, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/writers-communion-15/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210604T193000
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SUMMARY:Letters to Prisoners
DESCRIPTION:No backyard concert this week\, but we hope you’ll join us for a prisoner solidarity event! We will gather in the backyard for a kind of info session about political prisoners in the US and then break out to write letters to incarcerated people. \nWe have assembled some information and correspondence with specific prisoners\, and we will provide pens\, paper\, and envelopes! We will also have a limited number of stamps on hand 😉 \nThe following writing is taken from June11.org :::\nAgainst another year of state encroachment\, against the restriction of free movement under the auspices of “safety\,” against the continued brutalization of our friends in prison\, we embrace solidarity on June 11\, 2021: International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. Through our letters\, demonstrations and solidarity attacks we keep the beacon lit for those who have given years of their lives for their conviction that the State is a horror against which we must wager our lives. \nThe architects of prison society would have prison function as a memory hole\, casting our dear rebels into the void and producing in free souls a stifling amnesia. They want us to forget those who took action against the state and economy and those who continue their rebellion behind bars. Our work of solidarity with imprisoned anarchists is a hammer blow against forgetting: against the prison walls and the narcotizing technological society that shatters all meaning. \nPrison administrations around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing lockdowns and banning in-person visits\, building upon prior movement to replace face-to-face visits with video chat. Physical mail is also threatened\, with the United States federal prison system initiating a program to scan letters and make them only accessible on expensive tablets provided by a contracted company\, Smart Communications. It’s likely that this trend will continue in prisons around the world. With the pandemic as an alibi\, prison administrations and profiteering companies have accelerated the abolition of direct human connection. \nThis year\, we seek to deepen the connection between different aspects of anti-repression\, to bring the names and the wisdom of our long-term prisoners into current struggles – whether that’s in the streets against the police\, in the forest against pipelines\, or in the night against monuments of power – and strengthen networks and practices to support more comrades going to prison.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/letters-to-prisoners/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T200000
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SUMMARY:Body Conference // Arrington de Dionyso // K. Kunkel
DESCRIPTION:Three artists join us this March 26th for a night of ‘sound\, song and elegiac trance’\, centered thematically around loss\, elegy\, release and letting go. Eclectic artist K. Kunkel offers us the vocal channeling of grief and surreal\, unedited prose with sparse musical accompaniment. Body Conference\, the project of writer\, artist and theologian Ashley Chambers\, will present a live sonographic iteration of her new book The Exquisite Buoyancies — described as an elegy for a departed spirit. Lastly\, we are joined by experimental musician Arrington de Dionyso\, who uses the voice and bass clarinet to pulverize your atoms with a 3million gigabyte download from the cosmic serpent. \nThis intense show wraps up the first month of the Alt Lib Radio Hour and marks the second in-person installment of the series. RAIN OR SHINE. To RSVP for space in our backyard\, email: booking@altlib.org \n$8 NOTAFLOF  \nAlt Lib Radio Hour is a new livestream performance initiative broadcast every Friday out of the Alternative Library. ALRH understands live-streaming as not merely a response to COVID-19 but a site of indeterminate possibility: where the internet is available\, so too is an entire world of art and culture. \nWhile intended to transition into (coterminous) live programming as weather permits\, Alt Lib Radio Hour commits to exploring the emancipatory potential of live-streaming technology\, which enables and engenders DIY relationships across borders and encourages collective innovation in an otherwise stratified reality. \nWe’ll be hosting new music and art each week\, accessible to all via Instagram Live. Expect satellite shows in remote cities\, audio-visual installations from artists across the globe\, new and exciting local music — all rendered audio-visually with utmost care. \nThis event will be livestreamed on our Instagram\, so please tune in at https://instagram.com/bhamaltlib
URL:https://altlib.org/event/23125/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191027T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191027T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T192553Z
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SUMMARY:Story Box Storytime w/ Michael E. & O.
DESCRIPTION:It’s storytime at the Alternative Library!\nSundays in October: 2:30-3:30 PM \nStories\, curiosities\, and magic tricks emerge from the story box\, and sometimes the audience becomes the storyteller. Bring a child\, bring a friend\, or come as you are. All are encouraged to attend and participate. \nMichael E. started librarian life as a children’s librarian. O. was just a week old at her first storytime. Together they are a playful team. \nRSVP and more info HERE ~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/story-box-storytime-w-michael-e-o-3/
LOCATION:Alternative Library\, 519 E Maple St\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191020T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191020T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20191008T192410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T192434Z
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SUMMARY:Story Box Storytime w/ Michael E. & O.
DESCRIPTION:It’s storytime at the Alternative Library!\nSundays in October: 2:30-3:30 PM \nStories\, curiosities\, and magic tricks emerge from the story box\, and sometimes the audience becomes the storyteller. Bring a child\, bring a friend\, or come as you are. All are encouraged to attend and participate. \nMichael E. started librarian life as a children’s librarian. O. was just a week old at her first storytime. Together they are a playful team. \nRSVP and more info HERE ~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/story-box-storytime-w-michael-e-o-2/
LOCATION:Alternative Library\, 519 E Maple St\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191013T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191013T153000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T192226Z
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SUMMARY:Story Box Storytime w/ Michael E. & O.
DESCRIPTION:It’s storytime at the Alternative Library!\nSundays in October: 2:30-3:30 PM \nStories\, curiosities\, and magic tricks emerge from the story box\, and sometimes the audience becomes the storyteller. Bring a child\, bring a friend\, or come as you are. All are encouraged to attend and participate. \nMichael E. started librarian life as a children’s librarian. O. was just a week old at her first storytime. Together they are a playful team. \nRSVP and more info HERE ~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/story-box-storytime-w-michael-e-o/
LOCATION:Alternative Library\, 519 E Maple St\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180625T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180625T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180518T003518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T003518Z
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SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:Bellingham’s longest running poetry open mic now meets at the AltLib every Monday\nSignups start at 6:30pm\nPerformances at 7:00pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-5/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180618T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180618T230000
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CREATED:20180518T003452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T003452Z
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SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:Bellingham’s longest running poetry open mic now meets at the AltLib every Monday\nSignups start at 6:30pm\nPerformances at 7:00pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-4/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180604T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180604T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180518T003420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T003420Z
UID:21129-1528138800-1528153200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:Bellingham’s longest running poetry open mic now meets at the AltLib every Monday\nSignups start at 6:30pm\nPerformances at 7:00pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-3/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180528T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180528T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180518T003351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T003351Z
UID:21128-1527534000-1527548400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:Bellingham’s longest running poetry open mic now meets at the AltLib every Monday\nSignups start at 6:30pm\nPerformances at 7:00pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-2/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180521T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180521T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180518T003324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T003324Z
UID:21127-1526929200-1526943600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:Bellingham’s longest running poetry open mic now meets at the AltLib every Monday\nSignups start at 6:30pm\nPerformances at 7:00pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180503T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180503T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180403T135702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180403T135702Z
UID:21022-1525374000-1525388400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poets' Open Mic featuring Johanna Warren
DESCRIPTION:The first Thursday of each month is our poets’ open mic.\nSignups start at 6:30pm\, Performances start at 7:00pm\, featured act at 8:00pm \nMay Feature: Johanna Warren\nhttps://www.johannawarren.com/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poets-open-mic-featuring-johanna-warren/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180327T065416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180327T065416Z
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SUMMARY:Robert Lashley // Graham Isaac // C. C. Hannett
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Alternative Library on 04/08/18 at 5pm! With readings by… \nRobert Lashley : \nA 2016 Jack Straw Fellow\, Artist Trust Fellow\, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award\, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete\, Seattle Review of Books\, NAILED\, Gramma\, Drunk in a Midnight Choir\, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit\, an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry\, and It Was Written\, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. His full-length books include THE HOMEBOY SONGS (Small Doggies Press\, 2014) and UP SOUTH (Small Doggies Press\, 2017). \nGraham Isaac : \nGraham Isaac is a writer and illustrator who lives in Seattle\, Washington. He holds an MA in Creative and Media Writing from the University of Wales\, Swansea\, where he co-founded The Crunch\, South Wales’ largest independently run Poetry series and open mic. He is author of “Filthy Jerry’s Guide to Parking Lots” and “The Third Best of All Possible Outcomes\,” on Babel/Salvage and Shotgun Wedding\, respectively. His work has appeared. \nC. C. Hannett : \nC. C. Hannett is the byname of Kris Hall; a poet who writes and lives with his wife and their animals in the PNW. He is the author of the chapbooks\, Notes for Xenos Vesparum (Shotgun Wedding\, an imprint of Alice Blue Books)\, and Dillinger on the Beach (Horse Less Press). He is the former curator of the reading series Da’daedal and Ogopogo. Both series took place in Seattle\, WA and focused on showcasing interdisciplinary work. His next book\, Triune (Spuyten Duyvil)\, will be released in the Summer of 2018.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/robert-lashley-graham-isaac-c-c-hannett/
LOCATION:Alternative Library\, 519 E Maple St\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
ORGANIZER;CN="Bellingham%20Alternative%20Library":MAILTO:bellingham.alternative.library@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180405T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180405T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20180129T085019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180403T120718Z
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SUMMARY:Poets' Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:The first Thursday of each month is our poets’ open mic.\nSignups start at 6:30pm\, Performances start at 7:00pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poets-open-mic/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180301T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180301T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20171228T040204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171228T040204Z
UID:20863-1519930800-1519945200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poets' Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:The first Thursday of each month is our poets’ open mic. Signups start at 7:00pm\, Performances start at 7:30pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poets-open-mic-3/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180223T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180223T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20171228T040030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180214T045725Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Showcase: ATL Slam!
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Atlanta\, GA based slam poets on tour!\n**Nobody Likes Us But We’re Here Anyways**\nNate Mask and Ryan J are Atlanta-based spoken word artists. They are tolerated in their local scene because their poems are somewhat entertaining\, but nobody actually likes either of them. Their work touches on topics ranging from the struggle of deconstructing masculinity\, learning to exist in a world that looks down on blackness\, relationships\, mental health to driving in Atlanta traffic. Despite their differences in approach and personality\, their dynamic as a team somehow works\, as Ryan actually enjoys talking to people\, and Nate always comes through in the clutch\, and opens tough jars for Ryan. \nand local poets:\n**Robert Lashley**\nRobert Lashley is a 2016 Jack Straw Fellow\, Artist Trust Fellow\, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award\, Robert Lashley has had poems published in Feminete\, Seattle Review Of Books\, NAILED\, GRAMMA\, and The Cascadia Review. His first full-length book: The Homeboy Songs\, was published by Small Doggies press in April 2014. His new book\, Up South\, was published in March of 2017.  \n**Dee Dee Chapman**\nDee Dee Chapman received her BA in Creative Writing at Western Washington University in 2016. She has been published in The Noisy Water Review\, Sweet Tree Review\, and Wallpaper Magazine. In September 2014 she self published her first chapbook\, Colluvium\, whose title poem received a 2017 Walk Award from the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest. She’s the Editor of Nine Lives Later: a Dead Cat Anthology\, released in November 2017. \nRSVP and more info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/346576672501175/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetry-showcase-atl-slam/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:SHOW: Shannon Laws & Eric Kosarot
DESCRIPTION:Shannon Laws – https://shannonplawswriter.com/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/show-shannon-laws-no-telephone-featuring-melanie-sehman-and-mike-gebhart/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Reading
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180201T230000
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CREATED:20171228T025153Z
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SUMMARY:Poets' Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:The first Thursday of each month is our poets’ open mic. Signups start at 7:00pm\, Performances start at 7:30pm
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poets-open-mic-2/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180111T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180111T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171937
CREATED:20171207T090431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T090431Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Showcase: Vegetarian Alcoholic Press
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to host Milwaukee-based poetry publisher\, Vegetarian Alcoholic Press\, and two of their authors\, while they’re touring the West Coast – http://www.vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/ \nThe night’s proceedings will be interspersed by readings from local poets and will be hosted by “Bellingham’s most famous unknown poet”\, Nate Witham. \n— \nFranklin K.R. Cline is a PhD Candidate in English–Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation\, a member of Woodland Pattern Book Center’s Board of Directors\, and the book reviews and interviews editor for cream city review. His book\, So What\, was published by Vegetarian Alcoholic in October.\nhttp://www.vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/titles/so-what \nSierra-Nicole Qualles is a phantom just trying to get by in Los Angeles. She finds comfort in the dark and inspiration in the indescribable. She can be found riding trains or in museums and is addicted to mannerisms. Her work can be found in Your Impossible Voice and OR. Her book\, Loose Cannon\, is forthcoming in January from Vegetarian Alcoholic.\nhttp://www.vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/titles/loose-cannon-by-sierra-nicole-qualles \nRSVP and more info – https://www.facebook.com/events/171116366814748/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetry-showcase-vegetarian-alcoholic-press/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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