Dedicated to presenting poetic analyses of the everyday, the Vis-a-Vis Society is an outgrowth of the literary performance group the Typing Explosion and is the current home for artists Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler. Using collaboratively written texts as their base, these poetry-scientists have presented their research in multi-media shows at such venues as Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival and Henry Art Gallery, the Wave Books National Poetry Bus Tour, and New York’s Galapagos Art Space.
In this preview of the final program in the Jack Straw Reading Series, curator Matt Briggs interviews collaborative literary performance group the Vis-à-Vis Society and takes one of their surveys. The Vis-à-Vis Society was founded in a year that felt like 1957 by Drs. Ink and Owning (aka Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler, of the […]
Categories: Writers Program
2024 May Reading Series: Night 1
with Josh Griffin, Elyse Hauser, Allison Masangkay, and McKenna Princing
Friday, May 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. $10 suggested donation.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
2024 May Reading Series: Night 2
with E.J. Batiste, Mary Pan, Becca Rose Hall, and Amontaine Aurore
Friday, May 10, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. $10 suggested donation.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
2024 May Reading Series: Night 3
with Jarrett Ziemer, Catherine DeNardo, Stacy Nathaniel Jackson, and Gabriel Moseley
Friday, May 17, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. $10 suggested donation.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series
Jack Straw Writers Program alumni read new poetry. Hosted by Kathleen Flenniken.
Monday, June 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
An anthology and reading from Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles celebrating the first twenty years of the Jack Straw Writers Program, 1997-2016
