Required Reading: Ariel Levy
May 14, 2018
By Stephany Kim, SAL Intern As part of our Required Reading series, we share a list of three essential works from SAL’s featured writers. Up this time: The New Yorker journalist and nonfiction...
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“All You Ever Wanted Was A Semyon to Hold,” by Semyon Kiyan
October 11, 2017
All You Ever Wanted Was A Semyon To Hold After Anastacia Reneé All you ever wanted was a Semyon to hold Why do you always have to be there for your little sister? Why did you get yourself into this? ...
Creative Obsessions: Learning from Emily Nussbaum’s Critical Mantras
May 11, 2017
By Erin Langner The first review I ever wrote was of the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet. It was for Jefferson Junior High School’s Patriot newspaper in 1997. To say I was obsessed wi...
Introductions: Roxane Gay
February 27, 2017
On February 22 at Town Hall Seattle, the remarkable feminist writer Roxane Gay shared from her first collection of short stories, Difficult Women, and spoke on “the grace beyond this disgrace...
Scream Out the Bad: An Evening with Marina Abramović
December 7, 2016
By Amelia Peacock, SAL’s Community Engagement Coordinator “It’s about to get really loud.” Those six simple words from the Town Hall House Manager proved an oddly poignant introduction to ...
CYOS: A Choose-Your-Own Literary Adventure
October 21, 2016
If you could curate your own series of authors and thinkers to come to Seattle, who would you choose and why? Besides starting up your own local reading series, the closest you can get to a literary...
Tangent Talk with Jacqueline Woodson
April 22, 2016
We were so lucky to have Allison Augustyn, Seattle writer and editor (and former SAL staff member!), join us for our recent event with Jacqueline Woodson.
“The Numbers,” by WITS Student Cieaunna Osborne
April 12, 2016
The Numbers There’s this tree I see every day I count every little baby bird one… two… three… four… perfect little birds I keep walking thinking about all the homework I have counting ou...
Required Reading: Jacqueline Woodson
April 11, 2016
We’re excited to announce the launch of our Required Reading series, where we’ll be sharing a list of three essential works for each of SAL’s visiting writers. First up: Jacqueline ...
“My Blankie,” by WITS Student Daniella Edwards
November 6, 2015
Daniella Edwards wrote this comic while a student at McClure Middle School in 2014-15, with WITS Writer-in-Residence Greg Stump.