Teacher Feature: Daemond Arrindell
April 5, 2016
“Ever since Daemond started coming to my third period class, I have found a healthy way to express my emotions and thoughts.
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On Emily St. John Mandel and Station Eleven
April 1, 2016
By Justine Chan A few months after the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong, my family and I took our usual summer family trip there. For some bizarre reason, the travel package even threw in a free month-long ...
WITS Voices: Movements
March 31, 2016
By Vicky Edmonds, WITS Writer-in-Residence Hearing the poetry of children has been one of the most meaningful experiences in my life. I am awestruck at getting to hear that kind of sincerity nearly ev...
Introductions: Emily St. John Mandel
March 30, 2016
On March 23, novelist Emily St. John Mandel delivered a thought-provoking lecture about civilization, art, and apocalypse at Town Hall Seattle for SAL’s 2015/16 Literary Arts Series. SAL Executi...
Five Questions: Lannan, SAL’s Mascot
March 25, 2016
Although she makes it look effortless, being an office dog at a literary arts organization isn’t all naps and kibbles. We sat down with Lannan, Executive Director Ruth Dickey’s new pup, to...
“Burning,” by WITS Student Gray Liteky
March 23, 2016
Burning When you tease me, I feel like I’m burning, and you lock the oven with words like, “I hate you.” As I burn, I try to put out the flames with tears, but you just laugh. Someti...
Five Questions: Colleen Rain & Neil Tennyson, SAL Volunteers
March 21, 2016
Rebecca Hoogs calls the extraordinary husband and wife duo, Colleen Rain and Neil Tennyson, “the wonder vols behind it all.” Dedicated SAL volunteers for the past several years, they̵...
When the Apocalypse is Your Religion
March 18, 2016
This piece was first featured by Literary Hub on March 18, 2016. You may find the original post here. When the Apocalypse is Your Religion: On Leaving the Church and Finding a Haven in Science...
WITS Voices: Your First Assignment is to Judge Me
March 17, 2016
By Anastacia Tolbert, WITS Writer-in-Residence *I’m wearing faded blue jeans spotted with white paint, a long, un-tucked NASA t-shirt, a burgundy hooded sweater, a pageboy hat, stripped socks and bl...
Sjohnna McCray: Small Freedoms
March 3, 2016
We were thrilled to have Sjohnna McCray join us from Savannah, GA for our recent event with Tracy K. Smith and Joshua Roman. Sjohnna’s book, Rapture, was selected by Tracy K. Smith as the winner o...