Poet and educator in seattle and the author of free poetry collections including 2012 room. Also the New Washington poet laureate 21222014 and currently serving on the board of jack straw a local studio. Here today talking about the apocalypse factory. Please join me to welcome steve olson. Thanks. As you know kathleen published a book of poems in 2012 and all of those are about hanford. And then she will we eat paul from her new book of poems entitled post romantic coming out in october from the university of washington press. So to make sure my slides will work i will project her words onto a screen. Banks. And to say before i read the poem how im pleased to be a part of this evening and its wonderful to celebrate the publication of this book not just because i have poems in it but they are not told us much as i think they should be and then to get the story out i have learned all kinds of things from it and out there for people to read. This is the poem and its called stories that w
Protests against the beijing olympics. A group poured flammable liquid on a security gate and then lit it up. Meanwhile, developing tonight, the beautiful view along the popular east hills was recently interrupted by a grim sight. A skull perched on a log. Reporter a morbid new years day discovery. The skeletal remains of a human being found sitting on a log in the oakland hills. Officers did discover a human skull on a plate. There were some beads and other items around the skull. Reporter investigators say the decorative setup around the skull may be linked to some kind of ritual. Other possibilities are also being considered. We have looked up past cases of missing persons. We also have our Homicide Division working on it as well. Reporter an anonymous tip came in wednesday, leading Oakland Police to the discovery. In this rather popular area for sightseers, less than half a mile away from the entrance to the park. Out here in plain view, it is kind of creepy. Reporter back in may o
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