Poetry and prose by Patsy Rahn and Allison Joseph and eclectic music by Silent Partner will be featured at the Writers Guild Spoken Word Series 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Backspace Gallery, 112 W. Sixth St.

The sero populi have spoken. Latin, the long-dead language that has ruled the plant world for centuries, isn't widely understood even by serious plant people. "I've published mistakes in Latin. Nobody ...