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“Our Parents are a Lost Cause,” by 2017 Youth Poet Laureate Lily Baumgart

May 22, 2017

Our Parents Are a Lost Cause I told you to take our mother into your timeless hands. It takes effort for her to move her lips, so let her tell you that she loves you, let her ask you how school was, and hide your leathered palms, as you will your calloused fingers. Take her […]

Introductions: Carl Phillips

May 4, 2017

On Tuesday, May 2nd at McCaw Hall, cerebral poet of the flesh, Carl Phillips, read us a stunning array of poems old and new. SAL Associate Director Rebecca Hoogs introduced and interviewed Carl for this event, which brought SAL’s 2016/17 Poetry Series to a beautiful, breathless close. By Rebecca Hoogs, SAL Associate Director It is […]

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16 Feb

Thank you to @Isabelwilkerson and @kristatippett for that illuminating conversation. Thank you to our bookstore partner @ThirdPlaceBooks , our community partners @naamnw and @Sankofa and venue @benaroyahall . Online tickets still available:
https://lectures.org/event/on-being/

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"We all know in our bones that something's not right. We all know that things are harder than they have to be." - Isabel Wilkerson / #SALOnBeing

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"Writing the book (Caste) was an act of hope in itself." - Isabel Wilkerson / #SALOnBeing

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"What kind of country do we want to be?" - Isabel Wilkerson / #SALOnBeing

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Category: Carl Phillips

“Our Parents are a Lost Cause,” by 2017 Youth Poet Laureate Lily Baumgart

May 22, 2017

Introductions: Carl Phillips

May 4, 2017