Get to Know SAL’s Interim Executive Director, Rebecca Hoogs
April 26, 2021
By Gabriela Denise Frank “I’m a better person when I’m writing more because I’m paying attention,” poet Rebecca Hoogs told me.
A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures
By Gabriela Denise Frank “I’m a better person when I’m writing more because I’m paying attention,” poet Rebecca Hoogs told me.
Until I saw the sea, I did not know how much the sea sparkled and how many animals roamed. Until I saw the sea, I did not know what it felt like to be closed up under the watery bed.
Bookstore workers and owners have been absolute essential workers during this pandemic—heroes on the frontlines of our mental health. After those first months when reading felt really hard, when the...
This summer, many of our talented WITS Writers-in-Residence will be leading Scribes Summer Camps with our community partner, Hugo House! Young writers, grades 5-12, will have the opportunity to partic...
2020/21 Youth Poet Digital Engagement Ambassador Victor Xia reads his poem “Party Circa 1952,” which he performed before Ibram X.
Thank you for joining us for Words Matter 2021! Make your evening extra special with dinner options from four of our favorite local, neighborhood restaurants: Marjorie Restaurant, The Whale Wins, Arch...
Dear SAL community, We are writing to provide an update on our search for the next Executive Director! The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Search Committee has engaged Koya Partners...
Bookstore workers and owners have been absolute essential workers during this pandemic—heroes on the frontlines of our mental health. After those first months when reading felt really hard, when the...
Akshaya Ajith, a high school student doing a remote internship with the Writers in the Schools program at SAL, attended SAL’s Journalism Series event with Lawrence Wright, investigative journalist f...
By Gabriela Denise Frank Writing serves many purposes for Writers in the Schools (WITS) Intern Akshaya Ajith. “It’s a tool and a gateway for people to connect and to understand and open doors to m...