Catch This: Poetry, Tacoma-style

Today in local poetry...

Amalio Madueño will read at King's Books in Tacoma tonight at 7:00pm.  His reading is followed by an Open Mic for poets. (Sign-up starts at 6:30pm.)

Amalio Madueño is the former president of the Taos Poetry Circus and led their Mexican Bob's Poetry Camp.  He has published widely in journals across the United States and Europe.  His first full-length work, Lost In The Chamiso, was published in 2006.  A new collection of his poems, Bosque Stream, is due out Fall 2010.

"See this poet," says SPLAB.org, "If you have any love for the Southwest, or for Spanglish, or for the Black Mountain School of Poetry, or how a Native American perspective (or should I say Native Mexican) gets assimilated (or doesn’t) into the USAmerican way."

Also, check out City Arts Magazine's NOW listings to help plan your weekend, where you live. A sampling was posted on the CAB yesterday.