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what’s cooking?

Next up will be two readings from the slurp-worthy collection of writing and art from The Madrona Project: The Empty Bowl Cookbook. You’ll have two opportunities to hear Luther Allen read his poem “a simple recipe for spot prawns” along … Continue reading

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SpeakEasy 27.5

Strong Waters is a new poetry series in Bellingham, Washington, and SpeakEasy is honored to be the inaugural event at SpeakEasy 27.5: A Spiritual Thread LIVE. In 2019 and 2020, five poets — Luther Allen, Susan Alexander, Bruce Beasley, Jennifer … Continue reading

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if you love our forests…

If you love forests, and poetry, and understand their important role in sustaining life on earth, you are invited to attend (or simply support) Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Poetry Salon to benefit the Center for Responsible Forestry. … Continue reading

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Celebrating salmon

Please join editor Rena Priest, Empty Bowl Press, and Luther Allen, as well as other contributors, for a celebratory reading of poems from I Sing the Salmon Home, a new anthology published by Empty Bowl. The event, on Sunday, June … Continue reading

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Boynton Awards, May 17

Hope you will join us on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at 7:00pm, for the 2023 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony. The poets will read their winning poems and a chapbook of the year’s winning poems will be available … Continue reading

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SpeakEasy 29: Waymaking

SpeakEasy 29: Waymaking presents an audience-friendly afternoon of poetry featuring Bill Yake, Empty Bowl Press, and a curated program of fine poets. Please join us at this free, public event at the Mount Baker Theatre Encore Room on Sunday, September 18, … Continue reading

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SpeakEasy!

It’s been over 2 1/2 years since we’ve hosted a live, in-person SpeakEasy poetry reading. We feel like it’s time to rise from the electronic bonds of the Zoom world and see the actual (masked) faces and vaccinated bodies of … Continue reading

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PoetryBridge

It has taken a while, but the video from the June 30, 2021, PoetryBridge LIVE reading is now available for viewing on YouTube. Luther Allen and Tamara Kaye Sellman were the featured poets, with open mic participation by Clare Chu, … Continue reading

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Saturday reading & workshop

You’re invited to join the Lummi Island Heritage Trust for an afternoon poetry reading and workshop with Luther Allen. Both events will be held outdoors at the Otto Preserve, 3560 Sunrise Road, Lummi Island. Bring a chair or blanket, your … Continue reading

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PoetryBridge reading

Please join featured poets Luther Allen and Tamara Kaye Sellman this Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 7:00pm Pacific, on Zoom, on the final PoetryBridge reading of the season. Request the Zoom link from the poets, from PoetryBridge organizer Leopoldo Seguel at … Continue reading

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