Nathaniel Mackey SPLAB Visiting Poet, Fri, Sat 3.11 & 3.12.11

SPLAB welcomes legendary poet, essayist, novelist and editor Nathaniel Mackey to Columbia City for a reading, workshop at the new SPLAB location, 3651 S. Edmunds in the Cultural Corner of the former Columbia School and a Friday night talk at the NW African-American Museum at 2300 S. Massachusetts Av. at 7PM. On Saturday, March 12, Mackey will lead an afternoon writing workshop from 1:00 to 4:00PM, followed by a public reading at 7:30PM. The workshop cost is $75 per person, and there is one space left. Admission to the public reading is $5. The workshop and reading will be held at SPLAB, 3651 S Edmunds in the Cultural Corner of the former Columbia School. To register for the workshop, or for more information, please contact Paul Nelson at pen(at) splab (dot) org or call 206.422.5002. Nate in conversation with Charles Bernstein. Recordings of Nate reading his poetry. Sponsored by 4Culture, Poets and Writers, CD Forum, The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Island Soul Caribbean Restaurant, The Shirley Marvin Hotel, Richard Hugo House and WESTAF.