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A reading from the LHS students we worked with for the W.I.T.S. program: Wednesday, 5/19@5pm

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 14:49

Kansas Bathtub Benefit 2010 pictures

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 20:30

Here are some pictures from the 2010 Kansas Bathtub Benefit.  A special thanks to Tao Lin, Linda Rodriguez and Shannon Draper-Gard for reading.  Also, thank you to everyone who came to listen, buy raffle tickets and bid in the silent auction, and to all of the businesses (full list coming soon) who donated items to help us.

Coming to an AWP near you: SOAP

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 14:24

The Kansas Bathtub Collective is going to be presenting a panel at this year's AWP conference.  In addition to that, we will have a table at the Book Fair.  So far, our table will include the following:

*books and  periodicals from Bathtub Collective  members

*copies of Cottonwood literary magazine (produced at the University of Kansas)

* Bathtub Collective T-shirts

*possibly CDs of Bathtub Collective members reading their work

A reading this Friday at the Lawrence Public Library

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 22:06

Duelists and Other Rapscallions: A Kansas Bathtub Writers' Collective Reading (WITH SNACKS!!)

ANNOUNCEMENT! AMIRI BARAKA!

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 09:50

Amiri Barak will be on campus today, and is giving a talk tonight.  I'm trying to make sure as many people know about his visit as possible.  Here are the first couple of paragraphs from the KU press release:

LAWRENCE — Amiri Baraka, a poet, playwright, novelist, music critic and political activist, will give a public lecture and poetry reading next month at the University of Kansas.

An interview with Sam Hamill

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 13:23

Sam Hamill was one of my first poetry teachers.  I think he has some interesting things to say in this interview about publishing and poetry in general:

When waiting in line at the bank becomes surreal: an argument for listening to fiction and poetry on one's Ipod

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 08:55

[Sergei Dovlatov]

A reading this weekend!

Submitted by Benjamin_Cartwright on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 13:39

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