Jerome Rothenberg is the author of over fifty books of poetry including Poems for the Game of Silence, Poland/1931, A Seneca Journal, Vienna Blood, That Dada Strain, New Selected Poems 1970-1985, Khurbn & Other Poems, and most recently The Lorca Variations (all from New Directions). Describing his poetry career as "an ongoing attempt to reinterpret the poetic past from the point of view of the present," he has edited several major assemblages of traditional and contemporary poetry: Poems for The Millennium, Technicians of the Sacred (tribal and oral poetry from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania), Shaking the Pumpkin (traditional American Indian poetry), America a Prophecy (a radical revision of the poetries of the North American continent), Revolution of the Word (American experimental poetry between the two world wars), and A Big Jewish Book (subtitled "Poems & Other Visions of the Jews from Tribal Times to the Present"). He has also been involved, since the late 1950s, with various aspects of poetry performance, including two radio soundplays written and performed for Westdeuttscher Rundfunk (Cologne).

Living Room - Thursday, November 8, 2001 - 7pm.
Jerome joins our regular Thursday night writer's critique circle along w/ another special guest, Bernadette Mayer.
Suggested donation $10.00.

Reading - Friday, November 9, 2001 - 8pm
Suggested donation $10.00.

Workshop - Saturday November 10, 2000 - 5pm Suggested donation $40.00.

The workshop will focus on techniques of composition that involve interactive engagement with the work of significant or influential "others." Translation, collage, gematria, mediumship, and other appropriative techniques will be referred to as needed. Examples will be drawn from Jerome Rothenberg's works and those of other contemporaries.

Suggested readings: Poems for the Millennium, Gematria, The Lorca Variations.

The suggested donation for the reading & Living Room is $10.00 and the workshop $40.00. Seating is limited as SPLAB! is an intimate space, so make reservations today by calling 253-735-MEAT in the Puget Sound region, or toll-free 888-735-6328 outside Seattle. Ten student scholarships are available with advance registration.

The Visiting Poet Series at the Northwest SPokenword LAB is made possible, in part, by King County Arts Commission, the The Auburn Arts Commission, and the following co-sponsors.

The Best Western Peppertree Auburn Inn in Auburn, 10 miles south of Sea-Tac Airport near Emerald Downs Racetrack and Highway 167, featuring a 24 hour jacuzzi and indoor heated pool! -

Anne Waldman & Andrew Schelling headlined the 4th Annual Ginsberg Marathon in April 2001.

The Visiting Poet Series at SPLAB! is another Village-Building Project of It Plays in Peoria Productions. (IRS 501(c)(3) # 91-1618296)