A Letter from Ruth
April 30, 2020
Dear friends, This week, we shared our 30th #SALMoment since we all began sheltering in place. And as we hit this milestone, I’ve been thinking about some of my most precious SAL moments over the ...
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Summer Book Bingo: Afrofuturism
April 30, 2020
Due to popular demand, 2020 Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, has begun early this year! Download your card here. Start your summer reading early and...
Summer Book Bingo: On Your Shelf
April 28, 2020
2020 Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, is coming very soon! A few sneak peak previews of Book Bingo squares have got us reading and ready (past reveal...
Kids Summer Book Bingo: Takes Place in Nature
April 24, 2020
Kids Summer Book Bingo is Seattle Arts & Lectures’ free summer reading program for kids and young adults ages 0-17—and it’s here early this year! Download your bingo card here...
Summer Book Bingo: Nature
April 23, 2020
2020 Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, is coming very soon! We’ve been giving a sneak preview of a Book Bingo square each week until the full card i...
An Interview with Kristen Millares Young, author of “Subduction”
April 22, 2020
By Gabriela Denise Frank We are sharing a seismic moment. An unprecedented global pause is shifting space-time as we know it. Our struggle with sheltering in place has revealed both tension and gaps i...
“El Amar Y El Querer,” by Marta Juárez-Aguilar
April 17, 2020
El Amar Y El Querer Es el cielo o el infierno Aquella voz como fuego Que consume mente y cuerpo Cenizas dejadas al viento Saberlo todo y vivir la nada Estar viva y morir viviendo Comprender, no compre...
A Letter from Ruth
April 16, 2020
Dear friends, I was so moved by Viet Thanh Nguyen’s editorial in the New York Times last week, which made me want to return to my notes from when Nguyen came to SAL in May 2018. I got to bring hi...
Summer Book Bingo: Uplifting
April 14, 2020
2020 Summer Book Bingo, our free summer reading program with The Seattle Public Library, is nearly here—early! We’re giving a sneak preview of a Book Bingo square each week until the full card is ...
Stepping Up Together: Help SAL Support Kids & Teachers
April 10, 2020
Seattle Arts & Lectures has the chance to provide critical support to kids and their teachers right now, and we need your help. On Monday, April 6, Gov. Inslee announced that Washington state scho...