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Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Community

This four-part reading series features acclaimed poets, writers, and comics artists who teach in SAL’s Writers in the Schools program. Tonight’s program will feature Rasheena Fountain, Monique Franklin, Vivian Li, Cypress Manning, Clara Olivo, and Acca Warren! These resident writers come together to read from their own works-in-progress, inspiring the same craft and performance skills they teach in the classroom. Free (no RSVP necessary; just come)

The SAL Gala: Words Bloom Image

The SAL Gala: Words Bloom

Friday, March 22, 2024

Fundraisers

The SAL Gala will feature a lively reception and delicious multi-course dinner, an engaging program, and live and online silent auctions of irresistibly unique literary experiences and treasures. Cocktail attire. Forest glam encouraged!

Matthew Desmond: In-Person & Online Image

Matthew Desmond: In-Person & Online

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Literary Arts

In his landmark book, Poverty, By America, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem—and also helps us imagine solutions. In his follow up to Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Desmond investigates why the United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? Q&A with Daniel Zavala.

Victoria Chang: In-Person & Online Image

Victoria Chang: In-Person & Online

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Poetry

Victoria Chang has garnered acclaim with her collection Obit and her nonfiction exploration Dear Memory. Her new collection of poetry, With My Back to the World, is inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art, depression, and grief with Chang’s signature taut language and brilliant imagery. Q&A with Jane Wong.

Gabrielle Zevin: In-Person & Online Image

Gabrielle Zevin: In-Person & Online

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Literary Arts

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Hailed as a “tour de force” by Ron Charles of the Washington Post, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow has found both critical and commercial success, named one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, and Oprah Daily. Q&A with Ruchika Tulshyan.

Terrance Hayes: In-Person & Online Image

Terrance Hayes: In-Person & Online

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Poetry

So to Speak, a powerful, timely, dazzling new collection of poems from Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award–winning author of Lighthead, reminds us of the strange and lyrical grammar of thinking and feeling.  On the one hand, these fabulous fables, American sonnets, quarantine quatrains, and ekphrastic do-it-yourself sestinas animate what Toni Morrison called “the writerly imagination of a black author who is at some level always conscious of representing one’s own race.” On the other hand, these urgent, personal poems contemplate fatherhood, history, and longing with remarkable openness and humanity. So To Speak is the mature, restless work of one of contemporary poetry’s leading voices. Q&A with Yanyi.

A Conversation with Pailin Chongchitnant: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Pailin Chongchitnant: In-Person & Online

Thursday, May 9, 2024

J. Kenji López-Alt Presents

Join Cordon Bleu-trained chef Pailin Chongchitnant for an evening of Thai cooking discussion with J. Kenji López-Alt! In addition to hosting the sensational Youtube channel Pailin’s Kitchen with 1.7 million subscribers, Chongchitnant is the author of two definitive Thai cookbooks, Hot Thai Kitchen and Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week.

Luis Alberto Urrea: In-Person & Online Image

Luis Alberto Urrea: In-Person & Online

Monday, May 20, 2024

Encore

Hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. Urrea’s newest book, Good Night, Irene, takes as inspiration his mother’s own Red Cross service. Q&A with Jodi-Ann Burey.

Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight Image

Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Community

This four-part reading series features acclaimed poets, writers, and comics artists who teach in SAL’s Writers in the Schools program or who serve as mentors in the Youth Poetry Fellowship. Tonight’s program will feature Amy Hirayama, Nanya Jhingran, Nhatt Nichols, Ricardo Ruiz, Ann Teplick, and Ankober Yewondwossen. These resident writers come together to read from their own works-in-progress, inspiring the same craft and performance skills they teach in the classroom. Free (no RSVP necessary; just come)

Kathleen Hanna: In-Person & Online Image

Kathleen Hanna: In-Person & Online

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

SAL Presents

Trailblazing feminist icon, musician, outspoken women’s rights activist, and original rebel girl Kathleen Hanna presents her new book Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk. In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful—and how they continue to fuel her revolutionary art and music. Q&A with Lindy West. All tickets, with the exception of a limited number of Pay What You Can and complimentary tickets, include a copy of Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk. Books will be mailed by our bookstore partner, Paper Boat Booksellers, to the ticket holder’s address. 

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Youth Programs

Bring a listening ear and a joyful spirit to the WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration! Every year, WITS culminates in a program-wide reading and celebration of student work that features student readers from approximately 30 schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital. This year, elementary and middle school students will read on Wednesday, May 29, and middle and high school students read on Thursday, May 30. This event is free and open to the public.

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Youth Programs

Bring a listening ear and a joyful spirit to the WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration! Every year, WITS culminates in a program-wide reading and celebration of student work that features student readers from approximately 30 schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital. This year, elementary and middle school students will read on Wednesday, May 29, and middle and high school students read on Thursday, May 30. This event is free and open to the public.

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: In-Person & Online Image

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: In-Person & Online

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Literary Arts

From National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honoree, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s hotly anticipated debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars has swept the bestseller charts. In this explosive novel, two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own. From the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black, Adjei-Brenyah paints a dystopian world blazingly close to our own. Q&A with Lisa Lucas.

Archive

A Conversation with Eric Kim: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Eric Kim: In-Person & Online

March 14, 2024

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’ Image

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’

March 7, 2024

Roger Reeves & Anastacia-Reneé: In-Person & Online Image

Roger Reeves & Anastacia-Reneé: In-Person & Online

March 4, 2024

Joy Harjo: In-Person & Online Image

Joy Harjo: In-Person & Online

February 27, 2024

Kristin Hannah: In-Person & Online Image

Kristin Hannah: In-Person & Online

February 6, 2024

Sweet Words: In-Person Image

Sweet Words: In-Person

February 3, 2024

A Conversation with Sohla El-Waylly: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Sohla El-Waylly: In-Person & Online

February 1, 2024

A Conversation with Deb Perelman: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Deb Perelman: In-Person & Online

January 25, 2024

Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight Image

Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight

January 23, 2024

Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight Image

Murmurations: Local Voices Taking Flight

November 29, 2023

Steve Inskeep: In-Person & Online Image

Steve Inskeep: In-Person & Online

November 28, 2023

David Brooks: In-Person & Online Image

David Brooks: In-Person & Online

November 20, 2023

Trust For Public Land & SAL Present: An Evening with the Full Circle Everest Team Image

Trust For Public Land & SAL Present: An Evening with the Full Circle Everest Team

November 15, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen: In-Person & Online Image

Viet Thanh Nguyen: In-Person & Online

November 8, 2023

Mary Beard: In-Person & Online Image

Mary Beard: In-Person & Online

October 27, 2023

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’ Image

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’

October 19, 2023

Barbara Kingsolver: In-Person & Online Image

Barbara Kingsolver: In-Person & Online

October 16, 2023

Oliver Jeffers: In-Person & Online Image

Oliver Jeffers: In-Person & Online

October 5, 2023

Jane Hirshfield: In-Person & Online Image

Jane Hirshfield: In-Person & Online

October 2, 2023

Rick Riordan: In-Person & Online Image

Rick Riordan: In-Person & Online

September 26, 2023

Ann Patchett in Conversation with Melinda French Gates: In-Person & Online Image

Ann Patchett in Conversation with Melinda French Gates: In-Person & Online

September 6, 2023

2022/23 Youth Poet Laureate Release Image

2022/23 Youth Poet Laureate Release

June 13, 2023

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools

June 1, 2023

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools

May 31, 2023

The Moth Mainstage: In-Person & Online Image

The Moth Mainstage: In-Person & Online

May 25, 2023

Local Voices: In-Person & Online Image

Local Voices: In-Person & Online

May 24, 2023

A Conversation with Tom Hanks: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Tom Hanks: In-Person & Online

May 17, 2023

A Conversation with Louise Penny: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Louise Penny: In-Person & Online

May 15, 2023

Connie Walker: In-Person & Online Image

Connie Walker: In-Person & Online

May 8, 2023

Pico Iyer: In-Person & Online Image

Pico Iyer: In-Person & Online

May 2, 2023

A Conversation with James Spooner: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with James Spooner: In-Person & Online

April 20, 2023

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility Image

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

April 19, 2023

Masha Gessen: In-Person & Online Image

Masha Gessen: In-Person & Online

April 17, 2023

Chris Abani: In-Person & Online Image

Chris Abani: In-Person & Online

April 3, 2023

A Conversation with Michelle Zauner: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Michelle Zauner: In-Person & Online

March 30, 2023

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’ Image

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’

March 30, 2023

Local Voices: In-Person & Online Image

Local Voices: In-Person & Online

March 28, 2023

Ruth Ozeki: In-Person & Online Image

Ruth Ozeki: In-Person & Online

March 18, 2023

A Conversation with Jason Reynolds: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Jason Reynolds: In-Person & Online

March 13, 2023

Kate Baer: In-Person & Online Image

Kate Baer: In-Person & Online

March 2, 2023

On Being: Krista Tippett with Isabel Wilkerson—In-Person & Online Image

On Being: Krista Tippett with Isabel Wilkerson—In-Person & Online

February 15, 2023

Reginald Dwayne Betts: In-Person & Online Image

Reginald Dwayne Betts: In-Person & Online

February 9, 2023

Ross Gay: In-Person & Online Image

Ross Gay: In-Person & Online

February 6, 2023

Amor Towles: In-Person & Online Image

Amor Towles: In-Person & Online

January 31, 2023

An Evening with Razelle Benally, Tania Larsson & Migizi Pensoneau: In-Person & Online Image

An Evening with Razelle Benally, Tania Larsson & Migizi Pensoneau: In-Person & Online

January 23, 2023

Local Voices: In-Person & Online Image

Local Voices: In-Person & Online

January 18, 2023

Jenny Xie: In-Person & Online Image

Jenny Xie: In-Person & Online

January 17, 2023

Patti Smith: In-Person & Online Image

Patti Smith: In-Person & Online

December 2, 2022

An Evening with Pete Souza: In-Person & Online Image

An Evening with Pete Souza: In-Person & Online

November 29, 2022

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’ Image

Indigenous Literature & Land-Based Pedagogy Workshop with Laura Da’

November 17, 2022

An Evening with Nigella Lawson: In-Person & Online Image

An Evening with Nigella Lawson: In-Person & Online

November 13, 2022

Rick Steves: In-Person & Online Image

Rick Steves: In-Person & Online

November 10, 2022

James Welch Prize Reading: In-Person & Online Image

James Welch Prize Reading: In-Person & Online

November 3, 2022

Local Voices: In-Person & Online Image

Local Voices: In-Person & Online

November 1, 2022

Jon Meacham: In-Person & Online Image

Jon Meacham: In-Person & Online

October 30, 2022

John Irving: Online-Only Image

John Irving: Online-Only

October 26, 2022

A Conversation with Julian Aguon: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Julian Aguon: In-Person & Online

October 19, 2022

A Conversation with Celeste Ng: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Celeste Ng: In-Person & Online

October 17, 2022

A Conversation with Maggie O’Farrell: In-Person & Online Image

A Conversation with Maggie O’Farrell: In-Person & Online

October 11, 2022

Abdulrazak Gurnah: In-Person & Online Image

Abdulrazak Gurnah: In-Person & Online

September 20, 2022

A Celebration of Alice Wong’s Year of the Tiger: Online-Only Image

A Celebration of Alice Wong’s Year of the Tiger: Online-Only

September 15, 2022

Maribel Morey and Megan Ming Francis on White Philanthropy Image

Maribel Morey and Megan Ming Francis on White Philanthropy

September 12, 2022

The Persuaders: A Conversation with Anand Giridharadas—Online Only Image

The Persuaders: A Conversation with Anand Giridharadas—Online Only

September 8, 2022

Science + Literature: Reading the Natural World Image

Science + Literature: Reading the Natural World

June 8, 2022

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Showcase Image

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Showcase

May 28, 2022

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools

May 26, 2022

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools

May 25, 2022

The Moth Mainstage: In-Person & Online Image

The Moth Mainstage: In-Person & Online

May 18, 2022

Local Voices: In-Person & Online Image

Local Voices: In-Person & Online

May 9, 2022

Natalie Baszile: In-Person & Online Image

Natalie Baszile: In-Person & Online

May 5, 2022

Sonya Renee Taylor in Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo: In-Person & Online Image

Sonya Renee Taylor in Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo: In-Person & Online

May 2, 2022

Richard Powers: In-Person & Online Image

Richard Powers: In-Person & Online

April 19, 2022

Don Mee Choi: In-Person & Online Image

Don Mee Choi: In-Person & Online

April 7, 2022

Abolition. Feminism. Now.—A Conversation About the Politics & Practice of Abolition Feminism Image

Abolition. Feminism. Now.—A Conversation About the Politics & Practice of Abolition Feminism

April 6, 2022

Local Voices: In-Person & Online Image

Local Voices: In-Person & Online

March 29, 2022

Daniel James Brown: In-Person & Online Image

Daniel James Brown: In-Person & Online

March 15, 2022

Mira Jacob: In-Person & Online Image

Mira Jacob: In-Person & Online

March 8, 2022

Michael Schur in Conversation: In-Person & Online Image

Michael Schur in Conversation: In-Person & Online

March 4, 2022

Charles Yu: In-Person & Online Image

Charles Yu: In-Person & Online

February 15, 2022

Ed Yong: Online-Only Image

Ed Yong: Online-Only

February 10, 2022

Becoming Abolitionists–A History of Failed Police Reforms & Vision for True Public Safety Image

Becoming Abolitionists–A History of Failed Police Reforms & Vision for True Public Safety

February 3, 2022

Cathy Park Hong in Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo: In-Person & Online Image

Cathy Park Hong in Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo: In-Person & Online

January 28, 2022

Bernardine Evaristo: Online-Only Image

Bernardine Evaristo: Online-Only

January 24, 2022

Local Voices: Online Image

Local Voices: Online

January 13, 2022

2021 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Winter Reading Image

2021 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Winter Reading

December 11, 2021

A Conversation with Lucy Bernholz & Vu Le: Online-Only Image

A Conversation with Lucy Bernholz & Vu Le: Online-Only

December 8, 2021

Rita Dove: Online-Only Image

Rita Dove: Online-Only

December 3, 2021

Peter Wohlleben in Conversation: Online-Only Image

Peter Wohlleben in Conversation: Online-Only

November 16, 2021

Louise Erdrich: Online-Only Image

Louise Erdrich: Online-Only

November 10, 2021

Jelani Cobb: In-Person & Online Image

Jelani Cobb: In-Person & Online

November 7, 2021

Sherwin Bitsui & Kenzie Allen: Online-Only Image

Sherwin Bitsui & Kenzie Allen: Online-Only

November 5, 2021

Patrisse Cullors in Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo: Online-Only Image

Patrisse Cullors in Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo: Online-Only

October 27, 2021

Lauren Groff: In-Person & Online Image

Lauren Groff: In-Person & Online

October 17, 2021

Kaveh Akbar: In-Person & Online Image

Kaveh Akbar: In-Person & Online

October 15, 2021

Anthony Doerr: In-Person & Online Image

Anthony Doerr: In-Person & Online

September 28, 2021

Billie Jean King: Online-Only Image

Billie Jean King: Online-Only

September 23, 2021

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation & How the Cost of Policing Underfunds Us All Image

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation & How the Cost of Policing Underfunds Us All

September 21, 2021

Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Danzy Senna: Online-Only Image

Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Danzy Senna: Online-Only

September 14, 2021

Ocean Vuong: Live & Online-Only Image

Ocean Vuong: Live & Online-Only

June 9, 2021

Dorothy Brown’s “The Whiteness of Wealth”—Free & Online-Only Image

Dorothy Brown’s “The Whiteness of Wealth”—Free & Online-Only

June 8, 2021

Alberto Ríos: Online & Pre-taped Image

Alberto Ríos: Online & Pre-taped

May 28, 2021

The Moth Mainstage: Live & Online-Only Image

The Moth Mainstage: Live & Online-Only

May 21, 2021

Local Voices: Live & Online-Only Image

Local Voices: Live & Online-Only

May 12, 2021

Patrick Radden Keefe: Online & Pre-taped Image

Patrick Radden Keefe: Online & Pre-taped

May 10, 2021

Mary Roach: Live & Online-Only Image

Mary Roach: Live & Online-Only

May 9, 2021

Natalie Diaz: Online & Pre-taped Image

Natalie Diaz: Online & Pre-taped

April 30, 2021

Robin Wall Kimmerer: Live & Online Image

Robin Wall Kimmerer: Live & Online

April 21, 2021

Ibram X. Kendi: Live & Online Image

Ibram X. Kendi: Live & Online

April 7, 2021

A Talk by Douglas Kearney: Online & Pre-taped Image

A Talk by Douglas Kearney: Online & Pre-taped

March 31, 2021

A Conversation about The Sum of Us: Live & Online Image

A Conversation about The Sum of Us: Live & Online

March 29, 2021

Local Voices: Online Image

Local Voices: Online

March 23, 2021

Luvvie Ajayi Jones: In Conversation—Live & Online Image

Luvvie Ajayi Jones: In Conversation—Live & Online

March 19, 2021

Maira Kalman: Online & Pre-taped Image

Maira Kalman: Online & Pre-taped

March 15, 2021

Toi Derricotte: Online Image

Toi Derricotte: Online

February 26, 2021

Bill Bryson: Online Image

Bill Bryson: Online

February 21, 2021

Bill Gates: Interviewed by Anderson Cooper—Online Image

Bill Gates: Interviewed by Anderson Cooper—Online

February 18, 2021

Lawrence Wright: Online Image

Lawrence Wright: Online

February 9, 2021

Gabrielle Hamilton: Online Image

Gabrielle Hamilton: Online

February 5, 2021

Madeline Miller: Online Image

Madeline Miller: Online

January 27, 2021

Maggie Smith: Online Image

Maggie Smith: Online

January 22, 2021

Local Voices: Online Image

Local Voices: Online

January 13, 2021

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Winter Reading Image

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Winter Reading

December 13, 2020

SAL & CD Forum Present: Black Futures with Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham Image

SAL & CD Forum Present: Black Futures with Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham

December 2, 2020

Local Voices: Online Image

Local Voices: Online

November 19, 2020

Yaa Gyasi: Online Image

Yaa Gyasi: Online

November 16, 2020

Yamiche Alcindor: Online Image

Yamiche Alcindor: Online

November 10, 2020

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate: Fall Reading Image

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate: Fall Reading

October 29, 2020

Launched: Kathleen Flenniken, Tiffany Midge, & Donna Miscolta Image

Launched: Kathleen Flenniken, Tiffany Midge, & Donna Miscolta

October 14, 2020

Tana French in Conversation with Ruth Ware: Online Image

Tana French in Conversation with Ruth Ware: Online

October 12, 2020

Claudia Rankine: Online Image

Claudia Rankine: Online

September 25, 2020

Margaret Atwood: Online Image

Margaret Atwood: Online

September 9, 2020

David Mitchell: Online Image

David Mitchell: Online

July 23, 2020

Carol Anderson: Online Image

Carol Anderson: Online

June 21, 2020

Min Jin Lee: Online Image

Min Jin Lee: Online

June 15, 2020

20/21 Youth Poet Laureate Release Image

20/21 Youth Poet Laureate Release

June 9, 2020

WITS Year‑End Celebration: A Digital Gallery Image

WITS Year‑End Celebration: A Digital Gallery

June 8, 2020

Launched: Corinne Manning, Kristen Millares Young, & E.J. Koh Image

Launched: Corinne Manning, Kristen Millares Young, & E.J. Koh

May 28, 2020

Luis Alberto Urrea: Online Image

Luis Alberto Urrea: Online

May 20, 2020

Rick Barot: Online Image

Rick Barot: Online

May 15, 2020

Local Voices: Online Image

Local Voices: Online

May 12, 2020

Local Voices: Online Image

Local Voices: Online

April 27, 2020

Elizabeth Kolbert: Online Image

Elizabeth Kolbert: Online

April 22, 2020

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

February 10, 2020

Paisley Rekdal Image

Paisley Rekdal

February 6, 2020

Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn Image

Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

February 5, 2020

Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey Image

Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey

January 29, 2020

Carmen Maria Machado Image

Carmen Maria Machado

January 24, 2020

Adam Davidson Image

Adam Davidson

January 22, 2020

Lindy West Image

Lindy West

November 26, 2019

Mary Ruefle Image

Mary Ruefle

November 21, 2019

Amor Towles Image

Amor Towles

November 12, 2019

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

November 6, 2019

Hanif Abdurraqib Image

Hanif Abdurraqib

October 23, 2019

A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates Image

A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates

October 20, 2019

Richard Kenney Image

Richard Kenney

October 17, 2019

Rachel Maddow Image

Rachel Maddow

October 11, 2019

An Evening with Patti Smith Image

An Evening with Patti Smith

October 6, 2019

Malcolm Gladwell Image

Malcolm Gladwell

September 23, 2019

WITS Anthology Reading & Celebration Image

WITS Anthology Reading & Celebration

September 22, 2019

Naomi Shihab Nye Image

Naomi Shihab Nye

September 19, 2019

Imbolo Mbue Image

Imbolo Mbue

June 7, 2019

Solmaz Sharif Image

Solmaz Sharif

June 3, 2019

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools

May 30, 2019

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools

May 29, 2019

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Showcase Image

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Showcase

May 25, 2019

The Moth Mainstage Image

The Moth Mainstage

May 23, 2019

Jericho Brown Image

Jericho Brown

May 21, 2019

Tayari Jones Image

Tayari Jones

May 14, 2019

A Conversation with Melinda Gates Image

A Conversation with Melinda Gates

May 9, 2019

Kara Swisher Image

Kara Swisher

May 7, 2019

Anthony Ray Hinton Image

Anthony Ray Hinton

April 30, 2019

HERE: Poems for the Planet, featuring  Francisco Aragón & Kimiko Hahn Image

HERE: Poems for the Planet, featuring Francisco Aragón & Kimiko Hahn

April 25, 2019

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

April 24, 2019

Valeria Luiselli Image

Valeria Luiselli

April 17, 2019

A Celebration of National Poetry Month Image

A Celebration of National Poetry Month

April 16, 2019

Tara Westover Image

Tara Westover

April 14, 2019

Ilya Kaminsky Image

Ilya Kaminsky

April 1, 2019

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

March 11, 2019

An Evening with Dean Baquet & Jim Rainey Image

An Evening with Dean Baquet & Jim Rainey

March 5, 2019

A Conversation with Zadie Smith Image

A Conversation with Zadie Smith

February 27, 2019

Soraya Chemaly Image

Soraya Chemaly

January 31, 2019

Katherine Boo Image

Katherine Boo

January 28, 2019

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

January 16, 2019

Danez Smith Image

Danez Smith

November 26, 2018

Pete Souza Image

Pete Souza

November 11, 2018

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

November 5, 2018

Barbara Kingsolver Image

Barbara Kingsolver

October 25, 2018

Phoebe Robinson Image

Phoebe Robinson

October 19, 2018

Jill Lepore Image

Jill Lepore

October 12, 2018

Van Jones Image

Van Jones

October 10, 2018

Alice Walker Image

Alice Walker

October 4, 2018

Doris Kearns Goodwin Image

Doris Kearns Goodwin

October 1, 2018

WITS Anthology Reading & Celebration Image

WITS Anthology Reading & Celebration

September 16, 2018

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools

May 31, 2018

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools Image

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools

May 30, 2018

Youth Poet Laureate Commencement

May 26, 2018

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Image

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

May 21, 2018

Ariel Levy Image

Ariel Levy

May 15, 2018

Viet Thanh Nguyen Image

Viet Thanh Nguyen

May 7, 2018

An Evening with Jenny Han & Nicola Yoon Image

An Evening with Jenny Han & Nicola Yoon

May 4, 2018

Of an Impossible Country: Rachel McKibbens, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and Javier Zamora Image

Of an Impossible Country: Rachel McKibbens, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and Javier Zamora

April 27, 2018

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

April 25, 2018

National Poetry Month at Seattle Children’s Image

National Poetry Month at Seattle Children’s

April 25, 2018

Madeleine Albright Image

Madeleine Albright

April 24, 2018

Questlove on Creativity Image

Questlove on Creativity

April 20, 2018

A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich Image

A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich

April 13, 2018

Youth Poetry Open Mic: Welcoming National Poetry Month Image

Youth Poetry Open Mic: Welcoming National Poetry Month

April 8, 2018

WITS Broadsides Reading at Jack Straw Image

WITS Broadsides Reading at Jack Straw

April 7, 2018

Laura Lippman & David Simon Image

Laura Lippman & David Simon

March 30, 2018

Daniel Pink Image

Daniel Pink

March 5, 2018

Tyehimba Jess Image

Tyehimba Jess

March 4, 2018

Colson Whitehead Image

Colson Whitehead

February 15, 2018

Gregory Orr Image

Gregory Orr

February 7, 2018

An Evening with Terese Mailhot, Tommy Orange, & Swil Kanim Image

An Evening with Terese Mailhot, Tommy Orange, & Swil Kanim

February 2, 2018

Ijeoma Oluo Image

Ijeoma Oluo

January 25, 2018

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

January 23, 2018

Jesmyn Ward Image

Jesmyn Ward

January 17, 2018

Nikki Giovanni Image

Nikki Giovanni

January 16, 2018

Tom Hanks Image

Tom Hanks

December 6, 2017

Kevin Young Image

Kevin Young

November 30, 2017

Isabel Allende Image

Isabel Allende

November 28, 2017

Reza Aslan Image

Reza Aslan

November 14, 2017

A.E. Stallings Image

A.E. Stallings

November 13, 2017

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

November 8, 2017

Ta-Nehisi Coates Image

Ta-Nehisi Coates

November 5, 2017

Ron Chernow Image

Ron Chernow

October 18, 2017

Stephanie Burt Image

Stephanie Burt

October 9, 2017

Janet Mock Image

Janet Mock

October 4, 2017

2017 WITS Anthology Reading & Celebration Image

2017 WITS Anthology Reading & Celebration

September 24, 2017

A Conversation with Jeffrey Tambor Image

A Conversation with Jeffrey Tambor

May 23, 2017

The Moth Mainstage Image

The Moth Mainstage

May 17, 2017

First Loves Debut Novelists: Patricia Park, Ariel Schrag, & Sunil Yapa Image

First Loves Debut Novelists: Patricia Park, Ariel Schrag, & Sunil Yapa

May 11, 2017

Emily Nussbaum Image

Emily Nussbaum

May 4, 2017

Carl Phillips Image

Carl Phillips

May 2, 2017

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

April 26, 2017

Helen Oyeyemi Image

Helen Oyeyemi

April 25, 2017

Alec Baldwin Image

Alec Baldwin

April 14, 2017

Alice Notley Image

Alice Notley

April 5, 2017

Bryan Stevenson Image

Bryan Stevenson

March 28, 2017

Ben Fountain Image

Ben Fountain

March 1, 2017

Ellen Bass Image

Ellen Bass

February 28, 2017

Roxane Gay Image

Roxane Gay

February 22, 2017

A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment: Karen Russell Image

A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment: Karen Russell

February 17, 2017

Sybrina Fulton & Tracy Martin: A Conversation with Trayvon Martin’s Parents Image

Sybrina Fulton & Tracy Martin: A Conversation with Trayvon Martin’s Parents

February 15, 2017

Ross Gay Image

Ross Gay

February 7, 2017

Helen Macdonald Image

Helen Macdonald

February 1, 2017

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

January 18, 2017

Emily St. John Mandel Image

Emily St. John Mandel

November 23, 2016

Marina Abramović Image

Marina Abramović

November 18, 2016

Rachel Zucker Image

Rachel Zucker

November 14, 2016

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

November 1, 2016

Nick Offerman Image

Nick Offerman

October 28, 2016

Timothy Egan Image

Timothy Egan

October 26, 2016

Bryan Cranston Image

Bryan Cranston

October 16, 2016

Ada Limón Image

Ada Limón

October 5, 2016

WITS Breakfast

September 27, 2016

Ann Patchett Image

Ann Patchett

September 19, 2016

Annie Proulx Image

Annie Proulx

June 23, 2016

The Moth Mainstage Image

The Moth Mainstage

May 18, 2016

Claudia Rankine Image

Claudia Rankine

May 13, 2016

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

April 27, 2016

Teju Cole Image

Teju Cole

April 21, 2016

Pablo Neruda’s Lost Poems: A Book Launch Featuring Forrest Gander and Friends Image

Pablo Neruda’s Lost Poems: A Book Launch Featuring Forrest Gander and Friends

April 19, 2016

Jacqueline Woodson Image

Jacqueline Woodson

April 12, 2016

Joshua Roman & Tracy K. Smith Image

Joshua Roman & Tracy K. Smith

February 25, 2016

Amber Tamblyn Image

Amber Tamblyn

February 10, 2016

Geraldine Brooks Image

Geraldine Brooks

January 28, 2016

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

January 20, 2016

Srikanth Reddy Image

Srikanth Reddy

December 1, 2015

A Lecture by Timothy Donnelly Image

A Lecture by Timothy Donnelly

November 19, 2015

Anthony Doerr Image

Anthony Doerr

November 18, 2015

Linda Pastan Image

Linda Pastan

November 10, 2015

James McBride and The Good Lord Bird Band Image

James McBride and The Good Lord Bird Band

November 9, 2015

Drew Barrymore Image

Drew Barrymore

November 7, 2015

Local Voices Image

Local Voices

November 3, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates Image

Ta-Nehisi Coates

October 29, 2015

Alison Bechdel Image

Alison Bechdel

October 22, 2015

Elizabeth Gilbert Image

Elizabeth Gilbert

October 6, 2015

Mary Szybist & Robert Wrigley Image

Mary Szybist & Robert Wrigley

September 29, 2015

Saul Williams Image

Saul Williams

September 24, 2015

WITS Breakfast

September 17, 2015

The Moth Mainstage Image

The Moth Mainstage

June 2, 2015

A Lecture by Terrance Hayes Image

A Lecture by Terrance Hayes

May 5, 2015

Frank Bruni Image

Frank Bruni

May 1, 2015

Lucie Brock-Broido Image

Lucie Brock-Broido

April 23, 2015

An Evening with Ann Hamilton Image

An Evening with Ann Hamilton

March 30, 2015

Cheryl Strayed Image

Cheryl Strayed

March 5, 2015

Sheri Fink Image

Sheri Fink

February 10, 2015

Sherman Alexie Image

Sherman Alexie

February 4, 2015

Patton Oswalt: Off the Page Image

Patton Oswalt: Off the Page

January 31, 2015

Ruth Ozeki Image

Ruth Ozeki

November 20, 2014

Matthea Harvey Image

Matthea Harvey

November 7, 2014

Colm Tóibín Image

Colm Tóibín

November 3, 2014

James McBride Image

James McBride

October 15, 2014

An Evening with Nicholas Kristof Image

An Evening with Nicholas Kristof

October 6, 2014

Ted Kooser Image

Ted Kooser

October 2, 2014

In Conversation with John Darnielle Image

In Conversation with John Darnielle

September 26, 2014

WITS Breakfast Image

WITS Breakfast

September 17, 2014

Rebecca Solnit Image

Rebecca Solnit

June 5, 2014

Juan Felipe Herrera Image

Juan Felipe Herrera

June 2, 2014

An Evening with Timothy F. Geithner Image

An Evening with Timothy F. Geithner

May 16, 2014

Anne Carson & Robert Currie in Performance Image

Anne Carson & Robert Currie in Performance

May 13, 2014

Gillian Flynn Image

Gillian Flynn

April 17, 2014

George Saunders Image

George Saunders

March 24, 2014

Christine Deavel & J.W. Marshall Image

Christine Deavel & J.W. Marshall

March 19, 2014

Chip Kidd & Chris Ware Image

Chip Kidd & Chris Ware

February 19, 2014

Bob Hicok Image

Bob Hicok

February 13, 2014

Dorothea Lasky Image

Dorothea Lasky

November 21, 2013

Madhur Jaffrey Image

Madhur Jaffrey

November 19, 2013

Stephen Dunn Image

Stephen Dunn

October 16, 2013

Malcolm Gladwell Image

Malcolm Gladwell

October 11, 2013

Jorie Graham Image

Jorie Graham

September 17, 2013

Amy Tan Image

Amy Tan

June 5, 2013

Susan Orlean Image

Susan Orlean

May 14, 2013

Nikky Finney Image

Nikky Finney

April 25, 2013

Karen Russell Image

Karen Russell

April 3, 2013

Stanley Plumly on John Keats Image

Stanley Plumly on John Keats

March 19, 2013

Stephen Greenblatt on “The Survival of Dangerous Ideas” Image

Stephen Greenblatt on “The Survival of Dangerous Ideas”

March 4, 2013

Al Gore Image

Al Gore

February 14, 2013

Nick Flynn: The Intersection of Poetry & Memoir Image

Nick Flynn: The Intersection of Poetry & Memoir

February 13, 2013

Julie Otsuka Image

Julie Otsuka

January 29, 2013

Amy Wilentz Image

Amy Wilentz

January 23, 2013

David Wagoner: Northwest Master

January 16, 2013

Miranda July Image

Miranda July

December 5, 2012

Eileen Myles & Maggie Nelson: Poets on Painters Image

Eileen Myles & Maggie Nelson: Poets on Painters

November 15, 2012

Hari Kunzru Image

Hari Kunzru

October 23, 2012

Louise Erdrich Image

Louise Erdrich

October 15, 2012

Jeffrey Toobin Image

Jeffrey Toobin

October 10, 2012

Dean Young Image

Dean Young

October 2, 2012

T.C. Boyle Image

T.C. Boyle

September 24, 2012

Mark Bittman Image

Mark Bittman

September 19, 2012

Colum McCann Image

Colum McCann

May 24, 2012

Matthew Dickman & Michael Dickman Image

Matthew Dickman & Michael Dickman

May 15, 2012

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Image

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

May 2, 2012

Etgar Keret Image

Etgar Keret

April 25, 2012

Delia Ephron Image

Delia Ephron

April 18, 2012

Troy Jollimore & John Koethe Image

Troy Jollimore & John Koethe

April 4, 2012

Alain de Botton Image

Alain de Botton

March 16, 2012

Louise Glück Image

Louise Glück

March 15, 2012

Amanda Hesser Image

Amanda Hesser

March 8, 2012

Albert Goldbarth Image

Albert Goldbarth

February 9, 2012

Jennifer Egan Image

Jennifer Egan

February 1, 2012

Pico Iyer Image

Pico Iyer

January 25, 2012

Terrance Hayes Image

Terrance Hayes

December 8, 2011

Tom Brokaw Image

Tom Brokaw

November 30, 2011

Dennis Lehane Image

Dennis Lehane

November 15, 2011

David Grossman Image

David Grossman

November 10, 2011

Chris Matthews Image

Chris Matthews

November 7, 2011

Translators on Translation: Peter Cole, Bill Porter (Red Pine), & Nikolai Popov Image

Translators on Translation: Peter Cole, Bill Porter (Red Pine), & Nikolai Popov

November 6, 2011

Stacy Schiff Image

Stacy Schiff

October 26, 2011

Amitav Ghosh Image

Amitav Ghosh

October 17, 2011

Khaled Hosseini Image

Khaled Hosseini

October 11, 2011

Dorianne Laux Image

Dorianne Laux

October 5, 2011

Ann Patchett Image

Ann Patchett

June 16, 2011

Oscar Hijuielos Image

Oscar Hijuielos

June 13, 2011

Roy Blount Jr.  Image

Roy Blount Jr. 

May 25, 2011

Wendell Berry Image

Wendell Berry

May 24, 2011

Billy Collins Image

Billy Collins

May 22, 2011

Richard Ford Image

Richard Ford

May 10, 2011

Joyce Carol Oates Image

Joyce Carol Oates

April 18, 2011

Brian Turner, Major Jackson, & Susan Rich Image

Brian Turner, Major Jackson, & Susan Rich

April 14, 2011

Marie Howe Image

Marie Howe

March 15, 2011

Tracy Kidder Image

Tracy Kidder

March 2, 2011

Dambisa Moyo Image

Dambisa Moyo

February 18, 2011

Patricia Smith Image

Patricia Smith

February 15, 2011

Nell Irvin Painter Image

Nell Irvin Painter

February 8, 2011

Elizabeth Strout Image

Elizabeth Strout

January 24, 2011

Lucia Perillo Image

Lucia Perillo

January 20, 2011

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee Image

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee

January 12, 2011

John Richardson & Gijs van Hensbergen Image

John Richardson & Gijs van Hensbergen

December 8, 2010

Nora Ephron Image

Nora Ephron

November 18, 2010

Daniel Handler Image

Daniel Handler

November 9, 2010

Robert Hass Image

Robert Hass

October 28, 2010

Sara Paretsky Image

Sara Paretsky

October 19, 2010

Robert Pinsky Image

Robert Pinsky

October 15, 2010

T.R. Reid Image

T.R. Reid

October 5, 2010

Jonathan Franzen Image

Jonathan Franzen

September 14, 2010

Rita Dove Image

Rita Dove

May 13, 2010

Laila Lalami Image

Laila Lalami

May 10, 2010

Dr. Atul Gawande Image

Dr. Atul Gawande

May 3, 2010

Elaine Pagels Image

Elaine Pagels

April 30, 2010

David Remnick Image

David Remnick

April 19, 2010

Sharon Olds Image

Sharon Olds

April 18, 2010

Barry Lopez Image

Barry Lopez

April 7, 2010

Arundhati Roy Image

Arundhati Roy

March 29, 2010

Linda Gregg Image

Linda Gregg

March 25, 2010

Michael Chabon Image

Michael Chabon

March 9, 2010

Mark Doty Image

Mark Doty

February 26, 2010

Dr. Abraham Verghese Image

Dr. Abraham Verghese

February 10, 2010

Patti Smith Image

Patti Smith

January 25, 2010

Kim Addonizio with Gary Lilley Image

Kim Addonizio with Gary Lilley

January 21, 2010

Jane & Michael Stern Image

Jane & Michael Stern

January 12, 2010

Richard Price Image

Richard Price

December 1, 2009

Isabella Rossellini Image

Isabella Rossellini

November 18, 2009

Tomaž Šalamun with Matthew Zapruder Image

Tomaž Šalamun with Matthew Zapruder

November 14, 2009

Lydia Davis Image

Lydia Davis

November 4, 2009

Martín Espada Image

Martín Espada

October 23, 2009

Annie Proulx Image

Annie Proulx

October 7, 2009

Gary Snyder Image

Gary Snyder

May 27, 2009

Shirin Ebadi Image

Shirin Ebadi

May 19, 2009

Naomi Shihab Nye Image

Naomi Shihab Nye

May 7, 2009

Mira Nair Image

Mira Nair

April 28, 2009

Simon Armitage Image

Simon Armitage

April 21, 2009

Yusef Komunyakaa Image

Yusef Komunyakaa

March 26, 2009

Scott Simon Image

Scott Simon

March 18, 2009

Jane Hirshfield Image

Jane Hirshfield

March 12, 2009

Junot Díaz Image

Junot Díaz

February 24, 2009

Donald Hall Image

Donald Hall

February 17, 2009

Michael Pollan Image

Michael Pollan

January 12, 2009

Annie Leibovitz Image

Annie Leibovitz

November 19, 2008

John Updike Image

John Updike

November 12, 2008

W.S. Merwin Image

W.S. Merwin

November 7, 2008

Terry Tempest Williams Image

Terry Tempest Williams

October 7, 2008

Richard Russo Image

Richard Russo

September 17, 2008

John Waters Image

John Waters

June 3, 2008

Pico Iyer Image

Pico Iyer

April 29, 2008

Edward Hirsch Image

Edward Hirsch

April 21, 2008

Lucille Clifton Image

Lucille Clifton

April 7, 2008

Lois Lowry Image

Lois Lowry

March 15, 2008

Richard Powers Image

Richard Powers

March 5, 2008

Eavan Boland Image

Eavan Boland

March 3, 2008

Li-Young Lee Image

Li-Young Lee

February 19, 2008

Mary Oliver Image

Mary Oliver

February 4, 2008

Colson Whitehead Image

Colson Whitehead

January 14, 2008

Diane Ackerman Image

Diane Ackerman

November 19, 2007

Orhan Pamuk Image

Orhan Pamuk

October 15, 2007

Wangari Maathai Image

Wangari Maathai

September 19, 2007

Jonathan Lethem Image

Jonathan Lethem

April 18, 2007

Charles Simic Image

Charles Simic

April 10, 2007

Carolyn Forché Image

Carolyn Forché

March 26, 2007

Kevin Young Image

Kevin Young

March 13, 2007

Art Spiegelman Image

Art Spiegelman

March 5, 2007

Mark Strand Image

Mark Strand

February 27, 2007

Suzan-Lori Parks Image

Suzan-Lori Parks

February 7, 2007

Edwidge Danticat Image

Edwidge Danticat

January 8, 2007

Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Change Image

Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Change

December 5, 2006

Frank McCourt Image

Frank McCourt

November 21, 2006

Stephen King Image

Stephen King

November 1, 2006

Eric Carle Image

Eric Carle

October 21, 2006

Frank Rich Image

Frank Rich

October 9, 2006

Peter Matthiessen Image

Peter Matthiessen

April 25, 2006

Peter Gizzi, Tyehimba Jess, and Mary Ruefle Image

Peter Gizzi, Tyehimba Jess, and Mary Ruefle

April 10, 2006

Tony Hoagland Image

Tony Hoagland

April 4, 2006

Adrienne Rich Image

Adrienne Rich

March 22, 2006

Robert Bly Image

Robert Bly

March 6, 2006

Azar Nafisi Image

Azar Nafisi

February 28, 2006

Paul Auster & Siri Hustvedt Image

Paul Auster & Siri Hustvedt

January 23, 2006

Subhankar Banerjee, Terry Tempest Williams, & David Allen Sibley: Wilderness & Imagination Image

Subhankar Banerjee, Terry Tempest Williams, & David Allen Sibley: Wilderness & Imagination

December 6, 2005

Alexander McCall Smith Image

Alexander McCall Smith

November 14, 2005

Charles Jencks Image

Charles Jencks

November 2, 2005

Simon Winchester Image

Simon Winchester

October 19, 2005

Cynthia Ozick Image

Cynthia Ozick

September 21, 2005

Suheir Hammad, Alia Mamdouh, and Fadia Faqir: Women Writers of the Arab World on Art & Identity Image

Suheir Hammad, Alia Mamdouh, and Fadia Faqir: Women Writers of the Arab World on Art & Identity

May 10, 2005

Edward P. Jones Image

Edward P. Jones

April 20, 2005

Maxine Kumin

April 11, 2005

W.S. Merwin Image

W.S. Merwin

March 28, 2005

Ted Kooser Image

Ted Kooser

March 16, 2005

Adam Gopnik Image

Adam Gopnik

March 2, 2005

Kay Ryan Image

Kay Ryan

February 16, 2005

Tracy Chevalier Image

Tracy Chevalier

February 9, 2005

Terrence McNally Image

Terrence McNally

January 24, 2005

Oliver Sacks Image

Oliver Sacks

December 1, 2004

Chris Van Allsburg Image

Chris Van Allsburg

November 21, 2004

Roddy Doyle Image

Roddy Doyle

November 15, 2004

T.C. Boyle Image

T.C. Boyle

October 5, 2004

Zelda, Scott, and Ernest:  featuring Robert Stone, Calvin Trillin, and Mary Karr Image

Zelda, Scott, and Ernest: featuring Robert Stone, Calvin Trillin, and Mary Karr

May 9, 2004

Anne Fadiman Image

Anne Fadiman

April 27, 2004

Carol Muske-Dukes Image

Carol Muske-Dukes

April 20, 2004

Paul Theroux Image

Paul Theroux

April 8, 2004

Ian McEwan Image

Ian McEwan

March 31, 2004

Charles Wright Image

Charles Wright

March 30, 2004

Paul Muldoon Image

Paul Muldoon

March 15, 2004

Ellen Bryan Voigt Image

Ellen Bryan Voigt

February 23, 2004

Billy Collins Image

Billy Collins

January 13, 2004

Garry Willis Image

Garry Willis

December 1, 2003

Sandra Cisneros Image

Sandra Cisneros

October 27, 2003

Jeffrey Eugenides Image

Jeffrey Eugenides

September 29, 2003

Ira Glass Image

Ira Glass

September 24, 2003

David Mamet Image

David Mamet

April 1, 2003

Andrea Barrett Image

Andrea Barrett

March 11, 2003

Francine Prose Image

Francine Prose

February 18, 2003

George Plimpton Image

George Plimpton

January 21, 2003

Zadie Smith Image

Zadie Smith

November 12, 2002

Tim O’Brien Image

Tim O’Brien

November 4, 2002

Seamus Heaney Image

Seamus Heaney

October 7, 2002

Ursula K. Le Guin  Image

Ursula K. Le Guin 

April 8, 2002

Jorie Graham Image

Jorie Graham

April 1, 2002

Heather McHugh Image

Heather McHugh

March 25, 2002

Robert Creely Image

Robert Creely

March 11, 2002

J. M. Coetzee Image

J. M. Coetzee

March 3, 2002

Cornelius Eady Image

Cornelius Eady

February 25, 2002

Anchee Min Image

Anchee Min

February 4, 2002

Writers on Writers: An Evening of Biography with James Atlas, Francine du Plessix Gray, and Edmund White Image

Writers on Writers: An Evening of Biography with James Atlas, Francine du Plessix Gray, and Edmund White

January 15, 2002

Edna O’Brien Image

Edna O’Brien

November 27, 2001

Edward Albee Image

Edward Albee

October 30, 2001

Stephen Jay Gould Image

Stephen Jay Gould

October 3, 2001

Joan Didion Image

Joan Didion

September 25, 2001

Sharon Olds Image

Sharon Olds

May 15, 2001

Terry Gross Image

Terry Gross

April 24, 2001

Greil Marcus Image

Greil Marcus

April 2, 2001

Adam Zagajewski Image

Adam Zagajewski

March 21, 2001

Claudia Rankine & Matthew Rohrer Image

Claudia Rankine & Matthew Rohrer

March 13, 2001

Gao Xingjian Image

Gao Xingjian

February 24, 2001

Peter Carey Image

Peter Carey

February 13, 2001

Marilynne Robinson Image

Marilynne Robinson

January 8, 2001

Jeanette Winterson Image

Jeanette Winterson

November 8, 2000

John Ridley Image

John Ridley

November 8, 2000

Ira Glass Image

Ira Glass

October 28, 2000

Reynolds Price Image

Reynolds Price

October 2, 2000

Michael Ondaatje Image

Michael Ondaatje

May 22, 2000

Frank O. Gehry Image

Frank O. Gehry

May 15, 2000

The Century in Poems: Robert Hass, Linda Bierds, Richard L. Kenney, Alan Chong Lau, Colleen McElroy, and music by Brian Butler Image

The Century in Poems: Robert Hass, Linda Bierds, Richard L. Kenney, Alan Chong Lau, Colleen McElroy, and music by Brian Butler

April 23, 2000

Nathan Englander Image

Nathan Englander

April 12, 2000

Michael Cunningham & Amy Bloom Image

Michael Cunningham & Amy Bloom

April 10, 2000

Frank Bidart Image

Frank Bidart

March 21, 2000

Susan Sontag Image

Susan Sontag

March 14, 2000

Ron Chernow Image

Ron Chernow

March 7, 2000

Anne Carson Image

Anne Carson

March 6, 2000

Philip Levine Image

Philip Levine

February 28, 2000

C.K. Williams Image

C.K. Williams

January 29, 2000

Elizabeth McCracken & Ann Patchett Image

Elizabeth McCracken & Ann Patchett

January 10, 2000

Wole Soyinka Image

Wole Soyinka

December 6, 1999

Jamaica Kincaid Image

Jamaica Kincaid

November 15, 1999

Ursula Hegi Image

Ursula Hegi

November 1, 1999

James Fenton Image

James Fenton

October 4, 1999

John le Carré Image

John le Carré

March 23, 1999

Barbara Kopple Image

Barbara Kopple

January 5, 1999

Richard Ford Image

Richard Ford

October 26, 1998

Ursula K. LeGuin Image

Ursula K. LeGuin

October 22, 1998

Charles Frazier & Kaye Gibbons Image

Charles Frazier & Kaye Gibbons

September 14, 1998

Chinua Achebe & Robert Lyons Image

Chinua Achebe & Robert Lyons

May 11, 1998

Jules Feiffer Image

Jules Feiffer

April 6, 1998

Frank McCourt & Mary Gordon Image

Frank McCourt & Mary Gordon

March 9, 1998

Julia Alvarez Image

Julia Alvarez

February 19, 1998

The Poets Among Us: Sherman Alexie Image

The Poets Among Us: Sherman Alexie

February 2, 1998

Sherman Alexie, Cristina García, Gish Jen, & David Foster Wallace Image

Sherman Alexie, Cristina García, Gish Jen, & David Foster Wallace

February 2, 1998

Amos Oz Image

Amos Oz

January 5, 1998

Orville Schell Image

Orville Schell

December 8, 1997

Grace Paley & Anne Lamott Image

Grace Paley & Anne Lamott

November 17, 1997

Don DeLillo Image

Don DeLillo

October 20, 1997

Elaine May Image

Elaine May

September 23, 1997

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Image

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

May 1, 1997

Maya Lin Image

Maya Lin

April 14, 1997

Jim Harrison Image

Jim Harrison

March 3, 1997

Michael Ondaatje Image

Michael Ondaatje

January 9, 1997

Mary Karr Image

Mary Karr

December 9, 1996

Antonia Fraser Image

Antonia Fraser

October 28, 1996

Elmore Leonard Image

Elmore Leonard

September 30, 1996

Edward O. Wilson Image

Edward O. Wilson

May 14, 1996

John Fowles Image

John Fowles

April 22, 1996

Salman Rushdie Image

Salman Rushdie

January 23, 1996

Tim O’Brien Image

Tim O’Brien

January 9, 1996

Anna Deavere Smith Image

Anna Deavere Smith

December 11, 1995

Paul Theroux Image

Paul Theroux

October 25, 1995

Kazuo Ishiguro Image

Kazuo Ishiguro

October 16, 1995

Bailey White Image

Bailey White

June 12, 1995

David Sedaris Image

David Sedaris

June 12, 1995

Nicholson Baker Image

Nicholson Baker

May 8, 1995

Patrick O’Brian Image

Patrick O’Brian

April 25, 1995

A. S. Byatt Image

A. S. Byatt

April 11, 1995

Edward Said Image

Edward Said

March 6, 1995

Robertson Davies Image

Robertson Davies

January 17, 1995

Lorrie Moore Image

Lorrie Moore

December 12, 1994

Tony Hillerman Image

Tony Hillerman

October 5, 1994

Saul Bellow Image

Saul Bellow

April 20, 1994

Tony Kushner Image

Tony Kushner

February 22, 1994

Margaret Atwood Image

Margaret Atwood

February 3, 1994

Terry McMillan & John Edgar Wideman Image

Terry McMillan & John Edgar Wideman

January 11, 1994

Robert Hass Image

Robert Hass

December 1, 1993

Czeslaw Milosz Image

Czeslaw Milosz

December 1, 1993

Jan Morrison Image

Jan Morrison

October 20, 1993

Robert Hughes Image

Robert Hughes

May 7, 1993

Charles Johnson Image

Charles Johnson

April 13, 1993

James Fenton Image

James Fenton

February 23, 1993

Bill Buford Image

Bill Buford

February 23, 1993

Hanif Kureishi Image

Hanif Kureishi

January 5, 1993

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Dave Barry

November 17, 1992

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Doris Lessing

November 10, 1992

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Philip Roth

October 21, 1992

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Joan Didion

September 21, 1992

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John Gregory Dunne

September 21, 1992

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Carolyn Heilburn

May 13, 1992

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Jamaica Kincaid

May 5, 1992

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Annie Dillard

April 28, 1992

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Robert Coles

April 24, 1992

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Toni Morrison

March 18, 1992

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Maxine Hong Kingston

January 8, 1992

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V. S. Naipaul

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Garry Trudeau

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William Styron

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Jane Smiley

May 8, 1991

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Eduardo Galeano

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E. L. Doctorow

March 12, 1991

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Jonathan Miller 

February 28, 1991

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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

February 12, 1991

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Amy Tan

January 9, 1991

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Wallace Stegner

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August Wilson

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Richard Ford & Tobias Wolff

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Wendy Wasserstein

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May Sarton

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Andre Dubus

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Brendan Gill

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Peter Gay

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Joyce Carol Oates

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John McPhee

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Rosamond Bernier

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Louise Erdrich & Michael Dorris

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Isabel Allende

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Donald Barthelme

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Calvin Trillin

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John Updike

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