A Triptych on Toi Derricotte
February 24, 2021
This essay is part of a series in which Seattle Arts & Lectures partners with Poetry Northwest to present reflections on visiting writers from the SAL Poetry Series. On Friday, February 26, Toi De...
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Introductions: Bill Bryson
February 24, 2021
By Ruth Dickey, SAL Executive Director I first learned of Bill Bryson’s work from my brother and sister-in-law, who have what I believe is one of the most romantic hobbies. For 25 years, they have r...
Faces of SAL: Sherry Prowda, Founder of SAL
February 23, 2021
By Gabriela Denise Frank Sherry Prowda, the founder of Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL), never used the word synchronicity when she unfolded SAL’s origin story for me, but it hovered over our conve...
Bookshop Superheroes: Phinney Books
February 22, 2021
As we approach the anniversary of the start of the pandemic in our region, we are reflecting back on the year that has passed. And we know this for sure: bookstore workers and owners have been absolut...
“How to Ask a Question” by Christian Adams
February 21, 2021
1 Trail blazing through his work, a student loses himself to the sound of thoughts and inquiries echoing throughout his skull, disregarding exchanged pleasantries passing by that would only encave him...
A Letter from Melanie and Conner
February 18, 2021
Dear SAL community, As you learned last week, Ruth will be leaving SAL at the end of April to become the next Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.
Finding a Home in the Odyssey: A WITS Intern Reflects on Event with Madeline Miller
February 17, 2021
Akshaya Ajith, a high school student doing a remote internship with the Writers in the Schools program at SAL, attended SAL’s Literary Arts Series event with Madeline Miller, the author of Circe and...
On Love: Book Recommendations from the SAL Staff
February 11, 2021
What books about love do you love? Lately, the staff at Seattle Arts & Lectures have been sharing and chatting a lot about this essay by Matthew Salesses, which came out this past August. In it, S...
News from SAL’s Executive Director
February 11, 2021
Dear friends, I am writing with news that is deeply bittersweet. As you may have seen today, at the end of April, I will leave SAL to become the next Executive Director of the National Book Foundation...
“Somewhere” by Kai Ryan
February 8, 2021
Somewhere, deep in the valley, I sit in the darkness. I am reading; it is intriguing. As I sit reading, the words seem to fly off the page and into the night sky. The words seem to illuminate the mead...