A Letter from Ruth
September 8, 2020
Dear friends, In the first poem in 2019/20 Youth Poet Laureate Wei-Wei Lee’s book, In the Footsteps of a Thousand Griefs, she writes: Since then, I am always half-turned, wherever I go. Int...
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Summer Book Bingo: Books by Indigenous Authors
August 19, 2020
There are only three weeks left to play Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, so be sure to get your card! Engage with other bingo players and find out th...
A Letter from Ruth
August 14, 2020
Dear friends, August is (since 2017) the month of The Sealey Challenge, launched by Nicole Sealey, former Executive Director of Cave Canem. The challenge is simple—read 31 books or chapbooks of poet...
Summer Book Bingo: What Mark Suzman is Reading
August 4, 2020
We love getting a window into what our friends and community members are reading—and Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, is our favorite way to spark...
A Musical Journey with David Mitchell and Hari Kunzru
Throughout our online event with English novelists David Mitchell and Hari Kunzru on July 23, many of us found ourselves frantically jotting down misspelled names of musicians, albums, and obscure mus...
Summer Book Bingo: What Nicole Tsong’s Reading
July 30, 2020
We love getting a window into what our friends and community members are reading—and Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, is our favorite way to spark...
An Interview with Bitaniya Giday, Youth Poet Laureate
July 21, 2020
By Gabriela Denise Frank When I watched Bitaniya Giday perform her poem, “Hyphenated Identity Crisis,” I didn’t know I would interview her. The video, which introduced Bitaniya as the 2020/2021 ...
Summer Book Bingo: Trans or Non-Binary Author
July 14, 2020
With summer here, we’re busy playing 2020 Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library! Download your card here. Engage with other bingo players and find out...
“Ocean Radish”: Collaborative Poetry with Samar Abulhassan & Sierra Nelson
July 13, 2020
At the beginning of Washington State’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order, WITS Writers-in-Residence Samar Abulhassan and Sierra Nelson began sending letters to one another, filled with their daily o...
Summer Book Bingo: What You’re Reading for History or Alternative History
With summer here, we’re busy playing 2020 Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library! Download your card here. Engage with other bingo players and find out...