Lucia Perillo

06/30/2005

Olympia poet Lucia Perillo, winner of a MacArthur foundation "genious" award, Lucia Perillo's latest collection of poetry is called Luck is Luck, published by Random House. Lucia Perillo speaks with Dave Beck. Also in this hour of The Beat author Jeff Vogel speaks with Megan Sukys about his new book The Poo Bomb: True Tales of Parental Terror and Seattle Times theatre critic Misha Berson.



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At 2:05pm - Lucia Perillo
Her work as a park ranger, 20 years of living with multiple sclerosis and her imaginative musings on pop culture, art, music, physics, history, and mythology are all woven into the writing of Olympia poet Lucia Perillo. Winner of a MacArthur foundation "genious" award, Lucia Perillo's latest collection of poetry is called Luck is Luck, published by Random House. Lucia Perillo speaks with Dave Beck.


At 2:33pm - The Poo Bomb
According to Pacific Northwest writer and new parent Jeff Vogel, the first year of parenthood isn’t about joy or fulfillment. It is about menial labor, wiping up human waste, and marking time until the kid is old enough to run and play and thank you for its life. His witty ruminations on life as a new dad are recounted in The Poo Bomb: True Tales of Parental Terror. Jeff Vogel speaks with Megan Sukys.

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Jeff be doing a reading of it at the University Bookstore on June 30th.

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At 2:50pm - Misha Berson
Seattle Times theatre critic Misha Berson joins us with a look at what's happening on stages in the Pacific Northwest.