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November 6, 2020
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A Decade of Letterpress: Robin Kessler
October 29, 2020
Each year, in a project led by Sierra Nelson and Ann Teplick of Writers in the Schools, and the School of Visual Concepts, long-term patients from Seattle Children’s Hospital and a team of letterpre...
Faces of WITS: Arianne True
October 28, 2020
Our next featured WITS Writer-in-Residence for the “Faces of WITS” series is Arianne True. Not only does Arianne teach at Hamilton International Middle School, Licton Springs K-8 School, a...
Faces of SAL: Gabriela Denise Frank
October 27, 2020
Those interviews you’ve read on the SAL blog that start with a beautiful reflection, then flow into a conversation about SAL’s biome of writing and reading? The person behind those blog pi...
An Essay from “Seismic” by Anastacia-Renée
October 26, 2020
This essay appears in Seismic: Seattle, City of Literature, an anthology edited by Kristen Millares Young, featuring writers from all across the city. Seattle was designated a UNESCO City of Literatu...
An Interview with Laura Da’ & Arianne True, Co-Mentors of Seattle’s Youth Poet Laureate Program
October 21, 2020
By Gabriela Denise Frank As our nation’s underpinnings come under greater scrutiny, I’ve been in a parallel process of personal inquiry, digging into generational and cultural foundations that h...
A Letter from Ruth
October 20, 2020
Dear friends, As we nervously count down to the election, watch Coronavirus cases around the world climb steadily higher, and settle into the rain and dark, we’re all holding a steady drumbeat of un...
To Be in the Truth of Us: Dujie Tahat on Claudia Rankine’s “Just Us”
October 20, 2020
This essay is part of a series in which Poetry Northwest partners with Seattle Arts & Lectures to present reflections on visiting writers from the SAL Poetry Series. On Friday, September 25, Claud...
Faces of SAL: Vicki Glant
October 20, 2020
By Jenn St. Claire, SAL Board Alumnus What an over the moon, joyful, and educational experience it was interviewing Vicki Glant, who partnered with Sherry Prowda back in 1989 to help realize Sherry’...
Faces of WITS: Ann Teplick
October 15, 2020
Not only do WITS Writers-in-Residence work with students in public schools across Seattle and the greater Puget Sound region—they’re also placed in the school at Seattle Children’s Hospi...