WITS Voices: Stories in Progress
January 3, 2019
By David Lasky, WITS Writer-in-Residence The fourth graders in Mrs. Kahn’s and Mr. Moreno’s classes at Lowell Elementary are learning one of the most important, most vital skills practiced by huma...
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WITS Voices: New Scene, New Opportunity
December 26, 2018
By Matt Gano, WITS Writer-in-Residence It’s been an incredible journey working as the WITS Writer-in-Residence at The Center School. My partnership with the esteemed Jon Greenberg along with scores ...
Katherine Boo in Retrospect
December 21, 2018
By Danielle Palmer-Friedman Katherine Boo is not just a reporter—she’s a sponge. When she’s working on a story, she spends months, sometimes years, thoroughly documenting the lives of families l...
Shifting Your Perspective: Abstract Doodles and Visual Thinking
December 18, 2018
By Greg Stump, WITS Writer-in-Residence A few years ago, I was browsing in a used bookstore when I came across a slim little offering from 1955 called Oodles of Droodles, by a cartoonist named ...
“Whitey’s on TRAPPIST-I,” by Azura Tyabji
December 1, 2018
Whitey’s on TRAPPIST-I inspired by Gil Scott Heron Recently, NASA discovered 7 earth sized planets orbiting a single star 40 light years away One. Another black woman has crumbled to take a bullet i...
Introductions: Danez Smith
November 30, 2018
By Rebecca Hoogs, SAL Associate Director Once upon a time, we might have thought of ourselves as a series that featured mid-to-late career poets. But, when a poet like Danez Smith comes along, two boo...
“With and Without,” by Tadu Dollarhide
November 27, 2018
With and Without With my father carrying me to the orphanage home. Without me knowing what was going on. With my cousins wailing in the distance. Without a thought of leaving home. Without a thought o...
Not an Elegy
November 26, 2018
This essay is part of a series in which Poetry Northwest partners with Seattle Arts & Lectures to present reflections on visiting writers from SAL’s Poetry Series. Danez Smith reads at 7...
Your Holiday Flex Pass is Here!
November 14, 2018
Only available through the New Year, SAL’s 4-Part Flex Pass makes an ideal gift for the reader or writer in your life.
WITS Voices: Moody Autumn Gourds
By Alex Madison, WITS Writer-in-Residence In honor of the season, I thought I’d share a lesson I’ve taught seventh graders at TOPS K-8 during my two years with Writers in the Schools—it involves...