SAL/ON

A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures

The Launch of Summer Book Bingo 2024!

Summer is in the air! This week, we launched our 10th year of Summer Book Bingo, a free, community program brought to you by Seattle Arts & Lectures and The Seattle Public Library. To celebrate th...

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Faces of SAL: Avery Alexander

Hi there! I’m Avery Alexander and I’m so happy to join SAL as this spring’s Public Programs Intern! I answered some questions about who I am and what I like to read, so I hope it will help every...

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“Ego Vibes,” by Nemo Trice

My light is so bright people can’t see it’s so fast that it could go down to the deepest depths of the ocean all the way to Japan your head is expanding like a balloon full of my words what I writ...

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“this spring,” by Aamina Mughal

you let spring make you lazy, it seeps like honey into your bones until they’re heavy and sinking like grand ships with holes in their hulls. spring makes ruins of you. you watch the sunrise over a ...

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“Ode to Loss,” by Ryan Thich

I forget your love hurts How others forget death To say these blurry motions of mines Aren’t of my heavy eyes, even I forget dreams exist at night It’s your starry eyes, blue skin Blue lips, still...

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“Inheritance,” by Janae Lu

You ask me what I will inherit, You want the easy answer—the kind I would have given you as a child When the glass was half full and full of fairytales, 3D printed hearts, primordial forests, Cars m...

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