Seattle's spoken word artists will tell the tale.Byline: Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard We can only imagine what the van ride down Interstate 5 will be like. Four women. One man. Five spoken word artists. No doubt the words will flow freely. This literary caravan is called the Write Off Tour. The five Seattle-based poets will team with Eugene's own Poetry Slam guru Marietta Bonaventure and former Eugene slammer A worm that caused a billion dollars worth of damage on the Internet on January 25, 2003. Slammer infected computers all over the Internet by generating random IP addresses and causing the computer's buffer to overflow with its own instructions that replicate itself and start the process Kitt Jennings for a night of words on Monday at Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. Don't expect a night of Emily Dickinson poems This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary depending on the edition of each poem's , tea and crumpets and polite conversation. As a news release puts it, "These artists speak like they live: out of bounds. They come on full force and in your face with shocking honesty and twisted wit in an ongoing effort to challenge people's ideas about gender, sex, race, nationality, class, privilege and social responsibility.' Whew whew interj. Used to express strong emotion, such as relief or amazement. whew interj an exclamation of relief, surprise, disbelief, or weariness . The crew includes: Tara Hardy, Seattle's 2002 Grand Slam champion and founder of Bent, the Seattle Queer Writers Institute. Katinka Kraft, a spoken-word and performance artist who co-owns Oratrix Pro- ductions - sponsors of the Write Off Tour - and is on the board of Bent. Lane Stroud, who has appeared on the Bumbershoot bum·ber·shoot n. An umbrella. [Alteration of umbrella + alteration of (para)chute.] Literary Stage the past two years, and who has performed throughout the Northwest and at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's famed Nuyorican. Amy Mahoney, board president of Bent, co-owner of Oratrix, and author of two self-published poetry collections, "Dirt Girl" and "Warning Label.' SoulChile, a singer, writer and actor who last October debuted his "one-soul, two-spirit show" called "With Warrior's Tongue." Monday's festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. will begin at 8 p.m. Admission is $4 to $8 on a sliding scale. CAPTION(S): Amy Mahoney is the author of two poetry books, "Dirt Girl" and "Warning Label.' |
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