tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559184691915129732024-03-05T20:35:12.765-08:00It's About Time Writers Reading SeriesBallard Library, Seattle, 2nd Thursdays, 6-7:45 pm
This reading series exists for all those who want to write. It is dedicated to the memory of Anna Helfgott
(1899-1996) who began writing at age 70 & to the memory of Nelson Bentley(1918-1990), the quintessential teacher who gave Anna & scores of others help & hope. It's About Time is dedicated to an end of racism, homophobia, antisemitism, homelessness, an unfair health care system, joblessness & war. Join us, EstherEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-68188686952564106052010-10-12T09:51:00.000-07:002010-10-12T09:54:43.567-07:00updated calendarThurs. July 8, 2010 #251 Tom Aslin, Berthany Reid, Rebecca Meredith<br />+ Michael Spence on The Writer's Craft<br /> <br />Thurs. August12, 2010 #252 Nu Quang, Lynn Miller, Ellen Bovarnick, Denise Calvetti Michaels<br />No craft talk tonight<br /> <br />No reading in Sept - Rosh Hashanah<br /> <br /><strong>Thurs. Oct. 14, 2010 #253 Ann Teplick, Monica Schley, Georgia S. McDade + John W. Marshall on The Writer's Craft<br /> <br />No reading in Nov - the library will be closed due to Memorial day.<br /> <br />Thurs. December 9 2010 # 254 Carol Levin, Gerry McFarland, plus one<br />+ Elizabeth Colen on The Writer's Craft<br /> </strong>2011 Calendar <br /> <br /><strong>Thurs. Jan 13, 2011 #255 Emily Dietrich, Leonard Orr, Michael Spence + Deborah Woodard<br />on The Writer's Craft</strong>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-74238698550528125102010-06-09T20:40:00.000-07:002010-06-09T20:43:30.384-07:00It's About Time Writers Reading Series #250 June 10thIt's About Time Writers Reading Series #250<br />Thursday, June 10, 2010<br />Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm<br />Location: Ballard Branch, Seattle Public Library<br />Street: 5614 22nd Ave. N.W. <br />City/Town: Seattle, WA<br /><br /><br />Thurs. June 10, 2010 #250 Selene David, Bruce Taylor, Anne Sweet<br />+Terry Grabstein on The Writer's Craft<br /><br />Terry Grabstein earned a Certificate in Nonfiction Writing and a Certificate in Literary Fiction Writing from the University of Washington. She has contributed work to Writers in Performance Anthology, Mercer Island Reporter, The Leaflet, and Between the Lines. Silken Water, (Finishing Line Press, 2009), is her first poetry collection. <br /><br />Selene David was raised in Virginia and wrote her first poem when she was 9 years old. She has been employed as a therapist for 23 years and continues to love writing poetry. Two of her poems were included in The Poet Within, edited by Diane Tait. Selene says she writes about everything she loves: family, friends, nature, spiritual practice, and love itself.<br /><br />Bruce Taylor, aka “Mr. Magic Realism,” currently has a magic realist novella ”13 Miles to Paradise” in the collection Alembical. His other recent work, Edward: Dancing on the Edge of Infinity, (Redjack Press, introduction by Jay Lake) took eighteen years to get published. Bruce has his first of the Kafka’s Uncle series published by Afterbirth Books (nominated for the &NOW AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE WRITING (SUNY, NY, 2009) and with introduction by Brian Herbert) and has the other two (Kafka’s Uncle: the Unfortunate Sequel and Other Insults to the Morally Perfect and Kafka’s Uncle: The Ghastly Prequel and Other Tales of Love and Pathos from the World’s Most Powerful, Third-World Banana Republic out to various editors. <br />http://www.brucebtaylor.com/ <br /><br />M. Anne Sweet is a poet and artist. Her poetry collection, Nailed to the Sky, is out from Gazoobi Tales. She has read extensively throughout the Puget Sound area, and her poetry has appeared in many print and online literary journals. She is a past winner of the Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Award. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/l/98e59;www.studiosixeight.com<br /><br />NOTE: If you don't find bios here one month, check face book or the About Time websiteEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-76542615348764899662010-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:002010-03-05T11:02:20.294-08:00Thurs March 11, 2010 #247Time: 6:00pm - 7:45pm <br />Location: Ballard library <br /><br /><br />Thurs March 11, 2010 #247 - Michael Daley on The Writer's Craft: "Misdirections, making a new poem by imitating others" <br />+ Priya Keefe, Peter Ludwin, and Laura Snyder <br /><br />Michael Daley published The Straits (Empty Bowl, Port Townsend) in 1983, Way Out There, essays (Pleasure Boat Studio, New York), in 2007, To Curve (Word, Cincinnati) in 2008 and Moonlight In The Redemptive Forest, his latest book of poems including an Artist Trust sponsored cd, was just released by Pleasure Boat Studio in February, 2010. Michael will be speaking on "Misdirections, making a new poem by imitating others."<br /><br />Priya Keefe entered life through the door of the Pike Place Market. Publications include qarrtsiluni, Pontoon 7, Metro Poetry Buses, Drash, and Real Change. Performances include Seattle City Council, Bumbershoot festival, Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance, and Band of Poets. She taught a poetry class at Seattle Central Community College in fall of 2009 and is studying for an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.<br /><br />Peter Ludwin is the recipient of a Literary Fellowship from Artist Trust. He was the Second Prize Winner of the 2007-2008 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards, and a Finalist for the Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award. For the past nine years he has been a participant in the San Miguel Poetry Week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he has studied under such noted poets as Mark Doty, Alfred Corn, Linda Gregg, C.K. Williams and Tony Barnstone. His work has appeared in many journals, including Common Ground Review, The Comstock Review, The Fourth River, Midwest Quarterly and South Carolina Review, to name a few. His first full length collection, A Guest in All Your Houses, was published in 2009 by Word Walker Press, which nominated several poems for Pushcart PrizesEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-59914339729721075512009-12-06T12:16:00.000-08:002009-12-06T12:17:03.211-08:00Dec. 10, 2009Please see the It's About Time Writers facebook group for schedule.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />EstherEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-15578145375620384392009-11-12T08:09:00.001-08:002009-11-12T08:09:41.655-08:00November 12th readingThurs. Nov 12, 2009 #243 Jeremy Halinen, Carol Guess, Elizabeth J. Colen<br />+ Kim-An Lieberman on The Writer's Craft<br /><br />Kim-An Lieberman holds a Ph.D. in Vietnamese American literature from the University of California, Berkeley and teaches English at Seattle’s Lakeside School. Her work appears in Poetry Northwest, Prairie Schooner, CALYX, and other journals. Her first collection of poems, Breaking the Map, was published in 2008 by Blue Begonia Press. <br /><br />Elizabeth J. Colen’s poetry has recently appeared in The Normal School, Exquisite Corpse, Rhino, and other venues. Her first book of poetry, Money for Sunsets will be released by Steel Toe Books in September 2010. Find out more at http://elizabethjcolen.blogspot.com <br /><br />Jeremy Halinen is a coeditor and cofounder of Knockout Literary Magazine. Some of his recent poems appear in Best Gay Poetry 2008, Ganymede, New Mexico Poetry Review, Poems Against War, and White Crane. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Eastern Washington University.<br /><br />Carol Guess is the author of five books of poetry and prose, most recently Tinderbox Lawn (Rose Metal Press, 2008). She is Associate Professor of English at Western Washington University, where she teaches Creative Writing and Queer StudiesEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-2141235753068978382009-10-05T15:59:00.000-07:002009-10-05T16:02:03.844-07:00Thurs. Oct. 8, 2009 #242Terry Grabstein, Julene Weaver, Susan Starbuck + Jane Alynn on The Writer's Craft <br /><br />Jane Alynn’s chapbook, Threads & Dust, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2005. Her poems have appeared in journals such as Calyx, Floating Bridge Review, The Pacific Review, Quercus Review, and StringTown, as well as in many anthologies. In 2004 she won a William Stafford Award from Washington Poets Association. The title of Jane's craft talk is "Bright Smoke: Contradiction in Poetry" <br /><br />Terry Grabstein earned a Certificate in Nonfiction Writing and a Certificate in Literary Fiction Writing from the University of Washington. She has contributed work to Writers in Performance Anthology, Mercer Island Reporter, The Leaflet, and Between the Lines. Silken Water, (Finishing Line Press, 2009), is her first poetry collection. <br /><br />Julene Tripp Weaver moved to Seattle from NYC in 1989. Finishing Line Press published her chapbook Case Walking: An AIDS Case Manager Wails her Blues, with poems inspired by her work during the past 18 years in HIV Services. Her poems are published in many journals on and off line. <br /><br />Susan Starbuck, Ph.D., M.F.A., published a biography in 2002, Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment. Then she turned her back on history and converted to fiction. She currently teaches writing and literature at Antioch University Seattle, and she grew two 12-inch diameter pumpkins in her garden.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-4929056557964674822009-09-06T15:18:00.000-07:002009-09-06T15:28:13.962-07:00Thurs. Sept. 10, 2009 #241Sarah Vap, Todd Fredson, Susan Rich + Jeff Encke on The Writer's Craft<br /><br /><strong>Jeff Encke</strong> taught writing and criticism at Columbia University for several years, serving as writer-in-residence for the Program in Narrative Medicine while completing his PhD in English in 2002. He now teaches literature at Richard Hugo House. His poems have appeared in or forthcoming from American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Bat City Review, Black Warrior Review, Colorado Review, Fence, Kenyon Review Online, Salt Hill, and Tarpaulin Sky, among others. In 2004, he published Most Wanted: A Gamble in Verse, a series of love poems addressed to Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi war criminals printed on a deck of playing cards. Jeff will be reading from his essay <em>Unwinding the Given: On Linda Bierds</em> originally published in Octopus magazine.<br /><br /><strong>Sarah Vap </strong>is the author of Dummy Fire, which won the 2006 Saturnalia Poetry Prize, and American Spikenard, which won the 2006 Iowa Poetry Prize. She is co-editor of poetry for the online journal 42 Opus, and lives with her husband and their two sons on the Olympic Peninsula. Her next book, Faulkner’s Rosary, is forthcoming from Saturnalia Books in 2010.<br /><br /><strong>Todd Fredson's</strong> poems have appeared in Poetry International, Blackbird, Court Green, 42 Opus, Gulf Coast, First Intensity, Pistola, Puerto del Sol, RUNES, Slush Pile and other journals. He has received several awards in support of his work. He received his Masters in Fine Arts from Arizona State University in 2007. He is the director of programming at the McReavy House Museum of Hood Canal and a writer for Read Right Systems in Shelton, WA. Todd lives in the Skokomish Valley, with his wife, Sarah Vap, and their two sons.<br /><br /><strong>Susan Rich</strong> is the author of three collections of poetry, The Cartographer’s Tongue / Poems of the World, Cures Include Travel, and The Alchemist’s Kitchen. She has received awards from PEN USA, The Times (of London) Literary Supplement, and Peace Corps Writers. Recent poems have appeared in the Antioch Review, Harvard Review, and Poetry Ireland Review. Susan Rich grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts and now makes her home in Seattle.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-1294984304169773042009-09-06T08:32:00.001-07:002009-09-06T10:39:58.364-07:00August 13, 2009 #240<a href="http://www.joanswift.com/">Joan Swift</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNJC1i-NmK8dvrdb6lHc7mKvjKmaRa3a7FIGzLxUJxEvCPKBMd8UuOW2ZlhhQOIoIDOkz4lihVbTdte0VIwpGmG9MpoE-cMOFMFv3wLvwHf8Sby2IJFrCOHpSQSGXd6OqQVcVTC_tDqzQ/s1600-h/JoanSwift,+Ag+18%2709.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNJC1i-NmK8dvrdb6lHc7mKvjKmaRa3a7FIGzLxUJxEvCPKBMd8UuOW2ZlhhQOIoIDOkz4lihVbTdte0VIwpGmG9MpoE-cMOFMFv3wLvwHf8Sby2IJFrCOHpSQSGXd6OqQVcVTC_tDqzQ/s320/JoanSwift,+Ag+18%2709.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378379526375973378" /></a><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br />featured readers <a href="http://poe-query.blogspot.com/">Joannie Stangeland </a> & Joan Swift with Jeremy Halinen on The Writer's Craft<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14ZKtytPp8woMCS89zf3mK5x-E_KqHhGQbiJN2hggZZmBd1RqqDNgr5FEx0iIGCIvTHOYyT9Zbw6KqbraGc0_ZI5_e9vqPu8-ku2aBwzRv_5fVzuKE-4LBUG7UxjfAzeT1t_EL319mxKH/s1600-h/Joannie,+Joan,+Jeremy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14ZKtytPp8woMCS89zf3mK5x-E_KqHhGQbiJN2hggZZmBd1RqqDNgr5FEx0iIGCIvTHOYyT9Zbw6KqbraGc0_ZI5_e9vqPu8-ku2aBwzRv_5fVzuKE-4LBUG7UxjfAzeT1t_EL319mxKH/s320/Joannie,+Joan,+Jeremy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378377902776413666" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WMd8FFazGpHZ7N70iZwratfKBoVtUcVh7e89pQN1vE09sjPhTOrYC92Z4NLRaASKlDxc5DEOPMIBH1FDtul8DKvVswN9-b4VjwiZcStk7ApeiroAqez-MbIQVhyphenhyphenGnn2wOpCwKqT0oZEq/s1600-h/Jeremy+Ag18%2709.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WMd8FFazGpHZ7N70iZwratfKBoVtUcVh7e89pQN1vE09sjPhTOrYC92Z4NLRaASKlDxc5DEOPMIBH1FDtul8DKvVswN9-b4VjwiZcStk7ApeiroAqez-MbIQVhyphenhyphenGnn2wOpCwKqT0oZEq/s320/Jeremy+Ag18%2709.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378394320443908418" /></a><br /><br />Jeremy Halinen, <br />editor of <a href="http://www.knockoutlit.org/">Knock Out Literary Magazine,</a> reads from the journal<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br /><br />*<br /><br />Don Kentop, Julene Weaver, Carol kentop & Joannie Stangeland <br />before the reading<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jVfjjJF8saj0Ds1joubmqwzGotXLR29rZBJGvsBnH1cND-QSmT04cMNVnMp1jgl41rGUSGp6qqRCVLwKXvZM_I5Ohbn_J-a4WzJM6zFuFuHxevs95mwLG2wC0E6bItaPCBSUrwrpDLAF/s1600-h/kentopsResized.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jVfjjJF8saj0Ds1joubmqwzGotXLR29rZBJGvsBnH1cND-QSmT04cMNVnMp1jgl41rGUSGp6qqRCVLwKXvZM_I5Ohbn_J-a4WzJM6zFuFuHxevs95mwLG2wC0E6bItaPCBSUrwrpDLAF/s320/kentopsResized.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378383889628176194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aTpuEiuHzZ0IH2Y3Dj34GnwmQwMsqsiy3IuLL7-F4JaDgcS_WIAh_HgR7rhc0pUJR72LOp_lLXC6cXNWwgWJGMOuEGU69NJpTwjs2pmPZxFfnwBZ8IGD4L8BcWEN91s3WZTlM2cokiRu/s1600-h/Joannie&Jessie+(WinCE).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aTpuEiuHzZ0IH2Y3Dj34GnwmQwMsqsiy3IuLL7-F4JaDgcS_WIAh_HgR7rhc0pUJR72LOp_lLXC6cXNWwgWJGMOuEGU69NJpTwjs2pmPZxFfnwBZ8IGD4L8BcWEN91s3WZTlM2cokiRu/s320/Joannie&Jessie+(WinCE).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378386903251956818" /></a><br /><br />Joannie Stangeland & Jesse Minkert<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXKGzyg4w0_19PI7KKZScobgTmTilSm9Ihuc8S-9jSe00FEFxGpzMcoL6MX3Uvfo8z3z5YibtEjhXrMJScEhIPBT5bnwK2fk4KdUMWHnNRDmZ8yxOYHlxBDdaUtPw_B7JpawUGuZ9m58i/s1600-h/Pat,+etc.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXKGzyg4w0_19PI7KKZScobgTmTilSm9Ihuc8S-9jSe00FEFxGpzMcoL6MX3Uvfo8z3z5YibtEjhXrMJScEhIPBT5bnwK2fk4KdUMWHnNRDmZ8yxOYHlxBDdaUtPw_B7JpawUGuZ9m58i/s320/Pat,+etc.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378391474306278066" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kristen McHenry, Bethany Reid, Julene Weaver,<br />Pat Hurshell, Judy Sloniker, Idore Anschell<br /><br />*<br /><br />*<br /><br />What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H91Wk3wQiS-9hu5_zmLSvdfP4gcD7U2fO_41VgL3xOzdZ_sngJv6BGdwA7Fk6g9d1PKHpLtD3jOf3Q9Y7-oKk6eWzkNz5kvNGYMogIj1V-LJVNYv6hyphenhyphenJ23t1O4T2YZdV2PrLO5CrUwdZ/s1600-h/the+girls.jpg"><img style="float:; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H91Wk3wQiS-9hu5_zmLSvdfP4gcD7U2fO_41VgL3xOzdZ_sngJv6BGdwA7Fk6g9d1PKHpLtD3jOf3Q9Y7-oKk6eWzkNz5kvNGYMogIj1V-LJVNYv6hyphenhyphenJ23t1O4T2YZdV2PrLO5CrUwdZ/s320/the+girls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378384500998271250" /></a><br />The world would split open.<br /> - Muriel Rukeyser<br /><br /><br /><em>Thanks for stopping by,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.estherhelfgott.com">Esther</a></em>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-13949141757520205562009-07-12T21:00:00.000-07:002009-07-12T21:15:27.449-07:00Thurs. July 9, 2009What a great reading. Here are our stars - Jane, Arthur, Jeff and Laura (with little one)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWsf3I3FeFY9mdvGtZCaUk15IyLtVEtjU2D7L45pSw74B9fD2wZMZtzLNf393ip4f6nQ5f7Pehrt2b5nusxm3eoNG4mu94ZMKtdKXhJBQZrrYY8ui1atLjTmNzOuZsmWngxC6wLY23P3h/s1600-h/groupP7090009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWsf3I3FeFY9mdvGtZCaUk15IyLtVEtjU2D7L45pSw74B9fD2wZMZtzLNf393ip4f6nQ5f7Pehrt2b5nusxm3eoNG4mu94ZMKtdKXhJBQZrrYY8ui1atLjTmNzOuZsmWngxC6wLY23P3h/s320/groupP7090009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357792372152549842" /></a>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-83773213944755988832009-07-04T11:51:00.000-07:002009-07-04T11:54:49.345-07:00#239 Thurs July 9, 2009 6:00 - 7:45 pmAuthur Tulee, Jeff Encke, Jane Alynn + Laura McKee on The Writer's Craft<br /><br /><br /><strong>Laura McKee</strong> holds a B.A. in French and English from the University of Utah, and an M.F.A from the University of Washington. Her work has appeared in Rhino, Mid-American Review, Campbell’s Corner, Identity Theory, Konundrum, Cutbank, and Denver Quarterly. Her book, Uttermost Paradise Place, was chosen this year by Claudia Keelan for the APR Honickman 1st Book Prize and will be published in the fall. She works at Cornish College of the Arts.<br /><br /><strong>Arthur Tulee</strong> was born and raised on the Yakama Indian Reservation and graduated from Washington State University in 1990, receiving a B.A. in English. He is currently living and working in the Seattle metropolitan area. He is excited to read all brand new material for this It's About Time.<br /><br /><strong>Jane Alynn</strong> is a poet and fine-art photographer. Alynn’s first collection of poems, Threads & Dust, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2005. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, such as Calyx, Floating Bridge Review, The Pacific Review, Quercus Review, Manorborn, Snowy Egret, StringTown, and Switched-on Gutenberg, as well as in many anthologies. In 2004 she was awarded a William Stafford Award from Washington Poets Association. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and currently lives in Anacortes.<br /><br /><strong>Jeff Encke</strong> taught writing and criticism at Columbia University for several years, serving as writer-in-residence for the Program in Narrative Medicine while completing his PhD in English in 2002. He now teaches literature at Richard Hugo House. His poems have appeared in or forthcoming from American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Bat City Review, Black Warrior Review, Colorado Review, Fence, Kenyon Review Online, Salt Hill, and Tarpaulin Sky, among others. In 2004, he published Most Wanted: A Gamble in Verse, a series of love poems addressed to Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi war criminals printed on a deck of playing cards.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-32739222006586414892009-06-08T16:26:00.000-07:002009-06-08T16:27:56.777-07:00Thurs. June 11, 2009 #238Bethany Reid is the author of a poetry chapbook, The Coyotes and My Mom (1990), and the co-author, with Thomas M. Gaskin, of Everett and Snohomish County (Wyndham Press, 2005). Her poetry and essays have appeared in numerous small presses and literary journals, including Calyx, Santa Clara Review, Cairn, Hayden’s Ferry Review, New England Quarterly, Studies in the Novel, and Twins. Bethany earned her M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington where she was a poetry editor and later interview and essay editor of The Seattle Review. <br /><br />Michael Daley published The Straits (Empty Bowl, Port Townsend) in 1983, Way Out There, essays (Pleasure Boat Studio, New York), in 2007, and To Curve (Word, Cincinnati) in 2008. Moonlight In The Redemptive Forest, including an Artist Trust sponsored cd, is due from Pleasure Boat in 2009.<br /><br />Priscilla Long's work appears widely in journals, including Passages North and The American Scholar. Her honors include a National Magazine Award. She is author of Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry. She serves as Senior Editor of www.historylink.org http://www.historylink.org/, the online encyclopedia of Washington state history.<br /><br />Deborah Woodard’s first full-length collection is Plato’s Bad Horse (Bear Star, 2006). Her chapbook Hunter Mnemonics (hemel press, 2008) was illustrated by artist Heide Hinrichs. Her co-translation from the Italian of Amelia Rosselli in conjunction with Giuseppe Leporace, The Dragonfly: A Selection of Poems 1953-1981, was recently published by Chelsea Editions (2009). Deborah teaches at the Richard Hugo House, a community literary center in Capitol Hill.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-53832419821427851902009-04-21T16:44:00.001-07:002009-04-21T16:46:18.707-07:00Thurs. May 14, 2009 #237features Rochelle Kochin, Carmen Germain, Josh Isaac + Emily Warn on The Writer's Craft.<br /><br />Emily Warn is the author of The Leaf Path, The Novice Insomniac, and Shadow Architect all from Copper Canyon Press in 2008. Her poems and essays appear in Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Blackbird, BookForum, The Bloomsbury Review, and The Writer’s Almanac. She has taught creative writing for Lynchburg College in Virginia, was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and most recently served as the founding editor of poetryfoundation.org. She will be speaking on Poetry and Personal Identity.<br /><br />Rochelle Kochin and her husband Levis Kochin live in Seattle where they raised their four children. Since retiring from Boeing, Rochelle spends her time writing, traveling and telling stories to her American and Israeli grandchildren. Her short story Angel of Death appeared in the second volume of Drash.<br /><br />Joshua Isaac, 36, has been expressing himself creatively since childhood with several published pieces of poetry, prose and an award winning documentary film. But his work has been defined by his ongoing eleven year battle with cancer. This Seattle native finds that his greatest gifts are his wife and three children. Josh's film "My Left Hand" is at http://mylefthand-themovie.com/default.aspx<br /><br />Carmen Germain is a co-director of the Foothills Writers Series, Peninsula College, Port Angeles. Pathwise Press published Living Room, Earth, in 2002, and Cherry Grove published These Things I Will Take with Me in 2008. On academic sabbatical in 2007-2008, Carmen was a Visiting Artist/Scholar at the American Academy in Rome, working on a manuscript and researching the work of the Italian post-war writer Elsa Morante. She and her husband live in northern British Columbia in the summer.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-19450066204621178772009-04-02T10:27:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:30:13.206-07:00May & June 2009 readings + sign-up timeThere is no It's About Time reading in April due to Passover <br /><br />Here are the <strong>May and June line-ups</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Thurs. May 14, 2009 #237 </strong> Rochelle Kochin, Carmen Germain, Josh Isaac + Emily Warn on The Writer's Craft<br /><br /><strong>Thurs. June 11, 2009 #238</strong> Deborah Woodard, Michael Daley, Priscilla Long + Bethany Reid on The Writer's Craft<br /><br />To sign up for a reading, check the <a href="http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com/">About Time site </a>and email me your date preferences<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Esther<br />eahelfgott2@comcast.netEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-87150872093782812012009-02-26T16:00:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:04:04.579-08:00Red Sky celebrates Irene DrennanSunday night's Red Sky reading celebrates the late Irene Drennan, active in It's About Time since its beginnings, 1989<br /><br />Please join us<br />Sunday, March 1, 2009<br />A Tribute to Irene Drennan with Esther Altshul Helfgott, Priscilla Long, Denise Calvetti-Michaels, Anne Sweet and Diane Westergaard<br /><br />PLUS Open Mic!<br />Sign up at 6:30<br />Reading starts at 7:00<br /><br />Richard Hugo House1634 11th StreetEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-58793635341352270082009-01-27T09:47:00.000-08:002009-01-27T09:48:25.153-08:00Thurs. Feb 12, 2009 # 234Thurs. Feb 12, 2009 # 234 Sherry Reniker, Jack Remick, Elizabeth Austin + Joannie Strangeland on The Writer's Craft<br /><br />Elizabeth Austen was the Washington state “roadshow” poet for 2007. She provides weekly poetry commentary on KUOW, 94.9, public radio, and has poems forthcoming in Bellingham Review and Crab Creek Review. Her audio CD, skin prayers, is available at elizabethausten.org. She makes her living as a communications specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. <br /><br />Sherry Reniker is a poet, editor, and college instructor of writing. She spent 15 years in Tokyo where she edited World's Edge, an anthology of poetry and photography, and published her first short collection, Geo Frictions. As a poet, she has been compared to Mina Loy.<br /><br />Joannie Kervran Stangeland’s chapbook Weathered Steps was published by Rose Alley Press. A Steady Longing for Flight won the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. In 2003, Joannie was a Jack Straw artist-in-residence. More recently, her work has appeared in Illya’s Honey, Pinyon, and Pontoon.<br /><br />JACK REMICK is a writer, teacher, and editor. His publications include Terminal Weird, short stories; The Stolen House, a novel, and The Seattle Five Plus One, an anthology of poetry. Fction includes three California novels: Pacific Coast Highway; The Deification of Jack Kerouac; and Berkeley ‘71: Book of the Dead.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-79637226289365599642008-12-21T14:19:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:03:16.296-08:00Thurs. Jan. 8, 2009 reading #233Ballard Library, 6 - 7:45 p.m.<br /><br />Hi All,<br /><br />I thought I was giving up this space for facebook but some of you don't like that idea so I'll place the info here as well. Plus I'll keep the <a href="http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com/">website</a> up for the time being.<br /><br />Thurs. Dec. 11, 2008 #232's reading with Pat Hurshell, Nancy Dahlberg, Kim-An Lieberman + Carolyne Wright on The Writer's Craft - was terrific. Sorry if you missed it due to my not posting here.<br /><br />I hope to see you for our first reading in Jan. <br /><br />Happy New year,<br /><br /><em>Esther</em><br /><br /><strong>Thurs. Jan 8, 2009 #233 </strong> Larry Ebersole, Lina Raymond, Roberta Feins and <em>Michael Schein on The Writer's Craft</em><br /><br /><strong>Michael Schein</strong> wrote <em>Just Deceits: A Historical Courtroom Mys</em>tery (Bennett & Hastings, 2008), & poetry published in Slow Trains, Chrysanthemum, Ledge, Pontoon, RockSaltPlum, Lilies & Cannonballs, Art of Bicycling (Breakaway Books 2005), & elsewhere. Kudos for his work include 2 Pushcart nominations. Michael directs LitFuse Poets’ Workshop, & it is snowing.<br /><br /><strong>Roberta Feins</strong> lives in Seattle, and works as a computer consultant. She received her MFA in poetry from New England College in 2007. Her poems have been published in Tea Party, Floating Bridge Review, and The Lyric, and are forthcoming in Junctures and The Antioch Review.. She edits the e-zine Switched On Gutenberg (http://www.switched-ongutenberg.org/)<br /><br /><strong>Larry Ebersole</strong> was one of the website editors with Poets Against War, and now designs literary, human rights events with Amnesty Interntional of Puget Sound -- often, to help bring about the release of a prisoner of conscience. He will read from his first book of poems, has a first book of poems, "Mural Poems: Human Rights and Antiwar Poems."<br /><br /><strong>Lina Raymond</strong>: After 12 years in primetime television, Lina Raymond invented and marketed a commercial non-dairy ice cream. When the untimely demise of her company led to harrowing psychiatric experience, Ms. Raymond painted and wrote her way out, resulting in her novel Ranch Routes, and, her current career as an artist.<br /><br />Thanks for supporting the It's About Time Writers Reading Series,<br /><br />Esther Altshul Helfgott, curatorEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-46244739946293123082008-11-07T09:17:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:25:32.563-08:00Thurs. Nov. 13, 2008 #231<a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_open&branchID=3">Ballard Library</a>, 6 p.m.<br /><br /><strong>Ken Shiovitz on The Writer's Craft</strong><br /><br /><strong>Ken Shiovitz</strong>, former animal behaviorist, is now with Windermere Real Estate. His birdsong work is published in Animal Behavior, Behaviour, and Natural History; poems and essays in Drash, Kota Press, PoetsWest, and several Projects. He is a member of WPA and PoetsTable, and a sometimes venue host and poetry reader for Drash. <br /><br /><strong>Marilyn Meyer</strong> is a writing coach, editor, essayist, and occasional poet. Her personal essays, poems, and radio commentary have appeared in numerous publications over the past 35 years. Retired from a career teaching in the public schools, Marilyn has been the Learnng Specialist at Northwest Yeshivah High School since 2003. The mother of 3 grown children, Marilyn Meyer lives with her dog Gila in West Seattle. <br /><br /><strong>Mike Hickey</strong> is from Belleville, IL., and the oldest of eleven children. He received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, 1987, an MFA from the University of Washington, 1992, and is currently working on a sequel to his first novel, Counterclockwise. He has also published a poetry chapbook, In Defense of Eve. as well as won awards for poetry, teaching, and as a labor leader for the American Federation of Teachers. In addition to being a tenured creative writing instructor at South Seattle Community College, he has taught as a volunteer to children at summer bereavement camps, to at-risk youth in White Center, and to prisoners at the Monroe Correctional Complex. He lives in West Seattle with his wife, Mona, and their two-year-old son, Nathan.<br /><br /><strong>Bethany Reid</strong> is the author of a poetry chapbook, The Coyotes and My Mom (1990), and the co-author, with Thomas M. Gaskin, of Everett and Snohomish County (Wyndham Press, 2005). Her poetry and essays have appeared in numerous small presses and literary journals, including Calyx, Santa Clara Review, Cairn, Hayden’s Ferry Review, New England Quarterly, Studies in the Novel, and Twins. Bethany earned her M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington where she was a poetry editor and later interview and essay editor of The Seattle Review.<br /><br />Congratulations to Mike Hickey for placing FIRST in the 2008 Poet Populist election! Congratulations to all the rest too.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-4131260483294339082008-10-14T17:03:00.000-07:002008-10-14T17:25:05.767-07:00It's About Time's Poet Populist, Mike HickeyMike Hickey's Poet Populist candidate statement<br /><br />Less that 2% of Americans read poetry. And I ask myself WHY? Why would a medium so dynamic and powerful be so widely ignored? Is it because many contemporary poets have relieved themselves of the obligation to have a point, to advance some insight to their readers regarding love, politics, the human animal, the world in which we live? The poet Thomas Lux once told me that a large number of today's poets aren't worried about being misunderstood, they're worried about being understood, because essentially they don't have anything very important to say. Since 1995, I have been teaching students that one doesn't have to sacrifice clarity for creativity. And when a fourth grader writes, "A dress walked by with a woman inside..." I know that poetry is still very much alive and well. This is the message I would like to deliver if elected Poet Populist!<br /><br />Mike will be reading with Poet Populist candidates on MON, OCT 27, at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, at 4408Delridge Way SW<br />Special Guest: Pesha Joyce Gertler, Poet Populist 2005-2006<br /><br />Don't forget to vote in <a href="http://www.poetpopulist.org ">this election </a>and that other one.<br /><br /><br />Thanks for supporting the It's About Time Writers Reading Series<br /><em>Esther</em>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-19681676620054623332008-10-04T19:59:00.000-07:002008-10-04T20:25:45.625-07:00Thurs. Oct. 9, 2008 #2316-7:45 <br /><a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_open&branchID=3">Ballard Library</a><br /><br />Carolyne Wright will emcee tonight's reading. <br />Thank you Carolyne.<br />Craft Talks continue next month <br /> <br /><strong>Elizabeth Socha Davis</strong> retired from two careers – zoology, then family therapy. She took a series of write-your-life-story classes, including ones from Esther. Elizabeth began writing poetry, has been published in Spindrift, The Oak, The Crone Connection, and has given readings at many locations in Seattle.<br /><br /><strong>Susan Blair</strong> was a computer systems analyst, a salesperson, a Personnel Liaison Specialist with the federal government, and an aerobics instructor. Now she's a poet, a certified Nia instructor, a professional speaker --- and a whole lot happier! Seven of her poems have been published in Las Cruces Poets & Writers Magazine.<br /><br /><strong>Brian McGuigan</strong> is a poet, performer, arts administrator and raconteur. He works at Richard Hugo House and is the co-founder and curator of "Cheap Wine and Poetry," Seattle's coolest reading series. Currently, Brian is at work on a <br />full-length manuscript of poems about gentrification entitled "Eat the Rich" and writes a regular column, "Bus Bitch," for The Rainier Valley Post. For more Brian: brianwithani.com.<br /><br /><strong>Kate Lebo</strong> was raised in southwest Washington and lives in Seattle, where she works for Richard Hugo House, Seattle's literary arts center. Her poetry has been published in Filter, Knock, and the Seattle Public Library's "Lines on a Spine" project, and she was a senior editor for Rivet Magazine. She's working on her first chapbook.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />Don't forget to vote for <a href="http://www.poetpopulist.org/">Poet Populist</a><br /><br />It's About Time Poet Populist nominee, <strong>Mike Hickey</strong> is from Belleville, IL., and the oldest of eleven children. He received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, 1987, an MFA from the University of Washington, 1992, and is currently working on a sequel to his first novel, Counterclockwise. He has also published a poetry chapbook, In Defense of Eve. as well as won awards for poetry, teaching, and as a labor leader for the American Federation of Teachers. In addition to being a tenured creative writing instructor at South Seattle Community College, he has taught as a volunteer to children at summer bereavement camps, to at-risk youth in White Center, and to prisoners at the Monroe Correctional Complex. He lives in West Seattle with his wife, Mona, and their two-year-old son, Nathan.<br /><br />It's About Time nominated <strong>Mike Hickey </strong>for Poet Populist because: He has been participating in the It’s About Time Writers Reading Series for over a decade. Not only has he read his own work and presented a popular Writer’s Craft talk, he brings his students from both South Seattle Community College and UW Experimental College to participate, either through reading themselves or listening to others read. Mike’s years of teaching, as well as his involvement with the wider community, reflect his devotion to furthering fairness and justice in the public sphere. He represents It’s About Time's vision.<br /><br />Vote for <a href="http://www.poetpopulist.org/">Poet Populist </a><a href="http://www.poetpopulist.org/"></a>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-62914914940974066572008-08-30T12:30:00.000-07:002008-08-30T23:24:27.029-07:00Thurs Sept 11, 2008 #2306 - 7:45 <br /><a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_open&branchID=3">Ballard Library</a><br /><br />Tonight's reading is dedicated to the memory of Irene Drennan (1922-2008)<br /><br />Dear It's About Time Writers and Participants,<br /><br />It is with profound sorrow that I announce the passing of Irene Drennan, one of It's About Time's earliest readers (1990) and our first Poet Populist nominee. Irene died last Sat night from leukemia. She was 85 and just getting started. Please come read and hear Irene's poems. She left us many. <br /><br /><strong>The Writer's Craft</strong>: <strong>BELLE RANDALL </strong>is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer in Poetry Writing at Stanford. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry magazine and the Treepenny Review. She is the author of 4 books of poetry and the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts grant (2005-7). This year, she was awarded a Seattle CityArts grant to prepare a manuscript from her lifelong correspondence with the poet Thom Gunn--a project which influences her craft presentation tonight.<br /><br /><strong>Sheila Alexander</strong> is a poet, originally trained as a journalist. She walks, swims, hikes and is active in her community and family. <br /><br /><strong>Philip Red Eagle</strong>, co-founder of Raven Chronicles, writes poetry, fiction and essays. He was born in Tacoma, Washington and educated at the University of Washington. He received a B.F.A. in 1983 and B.A. in Journalism in 1987. He is the author of Red Earth - A Vietnam Warrior's Journey and other works.<br /><br /><strong>Monica Schley's </strong>poems have been published in Burnside Review, Cranky, Cream City Review, Naked Joy, Raven Chronicles, Wandering Hermit Review, and a forthcoming Seattle Review issue. She has received assistance from the Espy Foundation and performed at the 2007 Seattle Poetry Festival. She is a classically trained harpist and is president of the Seattle Harp Society<br /><br />Thank you for supporting It's About Time,<br /><br /><em>Esther</em>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-51435759032379002412008-08-08T20:21:00.000-07:002008-08-12T11:46:03.278-07:00Thurs. Aug.14, 2008 #2296:00 - 7:45 p.m.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_open&branchID=3">Ballard Library</a><br /><br /><strong>The Writer's Craft</strong>: <strong>Ron Starr </strong> on <em>No Things But in Words: Chance, Form, and Procedure</em><br /><br /><a href="http://libraryobabel.blogspot.com/"><strong>Ron Starr</strong></a> lives and writes in Seattle. He is an editor at Floating Bridge Press and the author of <em><a href="http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2007_03_010778.php">A Map by a Dim Lamp </a></em>(Ravenna Press). His work has appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo">Oulipo</a> special issue of Drunken Boat.<br /><br /><strong>Nora Jarvis</strong>, a native of Seattle, graduated from Earlham College in Indiana where she majored in Peace and Global Studies and minored in Creative Writing. She has been writing poetry since she was child but has become more invested in it over the past few years. She has been published in a few mildly discerning literary magazines and currently works for a Day Care Center, bountiful in poetic material.<br /><br /><strong>Janet Leister</strong>, a Washington native, has worked as a life drawing model, bikini seamstress, technical support rep, cab driver and reference librarian. She was a founding member and original webmaster of poetry site <a href="quillandparchment.com">quillandparchment.com</a>. Janet currently lives in SW Washington, where she is publisher and editor of Flamestomper Press/Helios House. She is a member of the Poetry in Motion band, and her book, Eclipse, is just out. <br /><br /><strong>Rosemary O'Hara</strong> is a Seattle poet whose work appears in local and national journals including Willow Review, Spindrift, and Vox Populi, 2007. She was born in West Virginia, had a nursing career in New York City and retired after twenty years from a private practice in Marriage and Family Therapy. Rosemary studies piano at Cornish College of the Arts and is a docent at the Seattle Japanese Garden.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-52130017852287498622008-07-03T13:39:00.000-07:002008-07-04T10:46:38.874-07:00Thurs. July 10, 2008 #2286:00 - 7:45 p.m.<br /><a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_open&branchID=3">Ballard Library</a><br /><br />July 10th's reading is dedicated to <a href="http://crystacasey.artmonster.org/">CRYSTA CASEY </a>(1952 - 2008). Open mike will be devoted to reading her work. <br /><br /><strong>The Writer's Craft:</strong> <br />Esther Altshul Helfgott on <strong>The Work of CRYSTA CASEY</strong><br /><br />Tonight's readers are from out of town. Come help us welcome them:<strong><br /><br />DAVID MATTHEWS</strong> was born in South Carolina and lives in Portland, Oregon. Poems have appeared in Chattahoochee Review, Quill and Parchment, Red River Review, Tryst, Magnapoets, and elsewhere. He is author of <em>Notes to One Who Is Far from Here</em>.<br /><br /><strong>SHARMAGNE LELAND-ST. JOHN</strong> has been published in literary journals, anthologies, and on line. She was nominated for the 2007 The Pushcart Prize. Sharmagne is a Native American poet, concert performer, lyricist, artist, and film maker. She edits QuillandParchment.com. <br /><br />For a list of 2008 readers, visit the It's About Time <a href="www.itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com ">website</a>. Also find our Writers Craft talks there. <br /><br />Thanks for supporting It's About Time,<br /><em><a href="http://estherhelfgott.com"><br />Esther</a></em>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-2851205138327655792008-06-25T12:44:00.000-07:002008-06-25T19:21:29.027-07:00CRYSTA CASEY<strong>May 27, 1952 - June 24, 2008</strong><br /><br />Our lovely Crysta died yesterday at 6:01 a.m., probably earlier. Her dear friends George, Irene, Deborah, Cody, Sherry, Monica & others stood vigil through the last weeks. Irene was with her until the end. <br /><br />Crysta helped define Seattle's literary landscape and we will miss her. Her first book, Heart Clinic, was published by Bellowing Ark Press in 1993. She had been reading for It's About Time since 1992. July's reading will be dedicated to her.<br /><br />Crysta waged a fifteen year battle against cancer, all the while managing her schizophrenia. She was one of the most courageous people I've known. She died at the VA hospital in Seattle. May her memory be for a blessing.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-82002350386621474422008-05-29T16:19:00.000-07:002008-05-29T16:32:57.306-07:00Thurs. June 12, 2008 #227<strong>Carol Levin </strong>'s chapbook Sea Lions Sing Scat was published 2007 (Finishing Line Press). Red Rooms & Others is due in August(Pecan Grove Press). Work appears in The Massachusetts Review, Third Coast,The Seattle Review, Pedestal, Cortland Review, Comstock Review & has collaborated in translating Chekhov’s plays.<br /><br /><strong>Hadiyah Carlyle </strong>says she is now old enough to be a part of history. In the 60’s she was a single parent in Haight Ashbury. In the 70’s, she was the first and only female shipyard welder in Bellingham. Now she's completed UW's memoir writing program and hopes to get her story out “one of these days.”<br /><br /><strong>Jourdan Keith</strong>, playwright, Griot, activist and educator, is Seattle Poet Populist Emeritus and Seattle Public Library Naturalist-in-Residence. Her work blends the textures of political, personal and natural landscapes to offer voices from the margins of American lives. Founder and Director of Urban Wilderness Project, she is a Hedgebrook alum.<br /><br /><strong>Crysta Casey </strong>has been published in "Seattle Review," "Fine Madness," "Arkansas/Kansas Quarterly," "Berkeley Poets' Co-op," "Pontoon," and others. Her first book Is Heart Clinic (Bellowing Ark Press, 1993). She is the recipiant of a Richard Hugo Prize & is in her second decade of reading for It's About Time.<br /><br />For the list of 2008 readers, visit the <a href="http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com">It's About Time</a>. Also find our Writers Craft talks there.<br /><br />Hope to see you soon, <br /><a href="http://www.estherhelfgott.com"><em>Esther</em></a>Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-54007121777651596372008-05-17T08:57:00.000-07:002008-05-20T10:52:12.356-07:00It's About Time Goes 21st CenturyThanks to Peggy Sturdivant's May 8th Craft Talk on Blogs & Healing at our 226th reading, I've been inspired to bring About Time into the 21st century. I'll be posting each month's reading line-up on the blog. To view a list of our past readings, visit <a href="http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com">It's About Time </a> at the original website. I'll still be posting craft talks there.<br /><br />It's About Time has been meeting in various locations since January 1990: Ravenna-Bryant Senior Center, North Seattle Community College, Other Voices Book store, University Branch Library, and Ravenna Third Place Books. Thanks to the administrators of all those venues for their support. <br /><br />Now thanks go to Ellen and Lynn of the <a href="http://www.spl.lib.wa.us/default.asp?pageID=branch_open&branchID=3">Ballard Library </a>team for inviting us into the library's beautiful new space, and to Liz from Central for publicizing our readings in the Seattle Public Library bulletins. Come meet our May 8th readers. They were superb, as usual. <br /><br /><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/ballard/">Peggy Sturdivant </a> writes a weekly column for the Ballard News-Tribune, and the blog "At Large in Ballard" on SeattlePI.com. She has just launched a series on the intersection of neighborhoods with City of Seattle government for the on-line newspaper CrossCut. She lives with her daughter in Ballard.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3448">Clarice Keegan </a>has a MA in philosophy, is a technical writer by day, and has been a poet since 1994. She is the author of two chapbooks, Seat of Desire and Why I Was Adopted. She was also the first winner of the WPA Bart Baxter Award for Performance Poetry.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.seattle.gov/council/licata/poetry2007/20070306mcguigan_gonzalez.pdf">Felicia Gonzalez</a> was born and raised in Cuba. An alumna of Hedgebrook Writers Retreat and Jack Straw Writers Program, she is a recipient of a 2007 Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship. In 2006, she was awarded an individual artists grant from the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for the chapbook, Recollection Graffiti.<br /><br /><a href="http://thevirtualworld.blogspot.com/">Peter Pereira’s</a> poems have appeared in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, New England Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Journal of the American Medical Association, and have been anthologized in 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Everyday, and the 2007 Best American Poetry. His poems have also been featured online at Verse Daily, Poetry Daily, as well as on National Public Radio’s The Writer’s Almanac. His books include The Lost Twin (Grey Spider 2000), Saying the World (Copper Canyon, 2003, Winner of the Hayden Carruth Award), and What’s Written on the Body (Copper Canyon 2007). He is a family physician in Seattle, and was a founding editor of Floating Bridge Press.<br /><br />The Comments box below offers a space to discuss the readings. Welcome.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.com0