BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hugo House - ECPv6.3.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hugo House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hugohouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hugo House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130110T190000 DTSTAMP:20240328T024717 CREATED:20121211T132100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121211T132100Z UID:247320-1357844400-1357844400@hugohouse.org SUMMARY:Book Launch Party for Morris Stegosaurus' Zebra Feathers DESCRIPTION:Poet Morris Stegosaurus performs selections from his debut full-length collection “Zebra Feathers\,” published by Minor Arcana Press. Seattle poets Dane Kuttler and Jeremy Richards also perform. Stegosaurus will be accompanied by members of his band\, Clockwork Ocean. Doors/bar at 7 p.m.  Show at 7:30 p.m. \nAbout “Zebra Feathers”In Zebra Feathers\, seasoned performance poet Morris Stegosaurus delivers his inimitably slick and brilliant wordplay via page\, losing none of his bombast. He offers readers a bizarre\, hilarious romp through a world of plush anthropomorphic animals\, mystical surrealism\, and absurdist commentary on our own increasingly cartoonish culture. Yet\, even at its most dizzyingly psychedelic\, the poems maintain a vital core of vulnerability. The candy coating of explosive performance is delicious\, but just beneath it is the poetic tradition of loneliness\, the outsider’s struggle to understand why “normal” people laugh and cry at the wrong things. Zebra Feathers is all at once an allegory\, a satire\, and a completely authentic vision of reality. *Cover art by birds (fowlgallery.com) \nAbout Morris Stegosaurus \nMorris Stegosaurus grew up in suburban Chicago\, found his wings in New York City\, and landed in Seattle\, where he lives with his boyfriend Eric Maden\, an abstract artist and experimental musician. He performs regularly with guitarist Jonathan “Fiddleback” Maxwell\, cellist Star St.Germain\, saxophonist Alfredo Arnaiz and other musicians under the collective name “Clockwork Ocean.” He’s always identified as an outsider\, but in recent years has found love and acceptance within the furry community\, in which context he identifies primarily as a zebra and secondarily as a dingo puppy. Photo by Andi Dean Mashek Burk. \nAbout Dane KuttlerDane Kuttler has competed at the Individual World Poetry Slam and Women of the World Poetry Slam\, self-published three chapbooks\, and completed 365 poems in 365 days during the 2010 poem-a-day project. More about Dane and her work can be found at danepoetry.com. Photo by Rasmus Rasmussen. \n  \nAbout Jeremy RichardsJeremy Richards is a poet and journalist living in Seattle. His work has appeared widely\, including in The Spoken Word Revolution Redux\, McSweeney’s\, Rattle\, The Morning News\, and on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition\, Day to Day\, and All Things Considered. “Nietzsche! The Musical\,” for which he wrote the book and lyrics\, premiered at Seattle’s Market Theater in June 2010. Richards holds a BA from Gonzaga University and an MA in cultural studies from the University of Washington. Jeremyrichards.com \n \nAbout Minor Arcana PressMinor Arcana Press is a Seattle-based small press founded by Allison McEntire Boyle and Evan J. Peterson. They publish strange\, innovative and esoteric/mystical poetry\, as well as mixed-genre anthologies. More info at minorarcanapress.com. URL:https://hugohouse.org/event/book-launch-party-for-morris-stegosaurus-zebra-feathers/ LOCATION:1634 11th Ave.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98112\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR