The Subtext reading series is a collaborative effort by Seattlearea writers and readers interested in new writing. Earlier readings by writers of experimental writing, under the name Subtext in 1994 and 1995 were produced by Ezra Mark, editor of Vortext Press, and Nico Vassilakis, coeditor of Sub Rosa Press. Several of the series coordinators first got together through a reading group that began in 1992, focusing on language poetry and other experimental writing. Since 1995, Subtext has coordinated a new writing reading series first at the Speakeasy cafe and now at the Richard Hugo House. The purpose of the series is to put established and emerging experimental writers in front of a Seattle audience.

Website: http://www.speakeasy.org/~subtext//