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RASP: Redmond Association of Spokenword

Welcome to RASP! — The Redmond Association of Spokenword, founded in January 1997, is the home of spoken word performance on King County's Eastside. Throughout its history, RASP has promoted written and spoken arts in East King County through inclusive education programming and performance events.




RASP Reading Series

The last FRIDAY of every month, starting at 7:00 PM, usually in Room 105

At the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052—Click for directions to ORSCC




Elizabeth Austen, Friday, January 27, 2012

Elizabeth Austen — Friday, January 27, 2012

Elizabeth Austen is the author of the poetry collectionEvery Dress a Decision(Blue Begonia Press, 2011) and two chapbooks,The Girl Who Goes Alone(Floating Bridge Press, 2010) andWhere Currents Meet (one of four winners of the 2010 Toadlily Press chapbook award and part of the quartetSightline). In 2006 she producedSkin Prayers, an audio CD of her poems. Elizabeth spent her teens and twenties working in the theatre and writing poems. A six-month solo walkabout in the Andes region of South America led her to focus exclusively on poetry. She produces poetry-related programming for KUOW 94.9 and makes her living as a communications specialist at Seattle Children's Hospital, where she also offers retreats and journaling workshops for the staff.

January's emcee: Michael Dylan Welch





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The RASP Reading Series is the last Friday of each month starting at 7:00 PM, usually in Room 105.
At the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052—Click for directions to ORSCC

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