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Category: Paisley Rekdal

Paisley Rekdal, in a red satin suit, stands against a wall at Hugo House that is designed to look like the shadows cast by Emily Dickinson's bedroom window.

Paisley Rekdal on Writing the Wrong Thing

February 20, 2020

Writers, what is your deepest fear about your craft? On February 6, we hosted a reading with Seattle-born poet and current Utah Poet Laureate, Paisley Rekdal. During the Q&A with SAL’s Associate Director, Rebecca Hoogs, Paisley answered questions about her writing process and her new work, Nightingale, but it was this question about fear that followed her home: “What […]

Bernini's sculpture, The Rape of Proserpina, stands against a black background.

Time Flown

January 29, 2020

This essay is part of a series in which Poetry Northwest partners with Seattle Arts & Lectures to present reflections on visiting writers from the SAL Poetry Series. At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 6, Paisley Rekdal will read at Hugo House. Tickets are still available! By Bill Carty, Senior Editor at Poetry Northwest Pythagoras’s greatest influence upon his […]

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Congratulations to upcoming SAL speakers Anthony Doerr, Lauren Groff, and Richard Powers--and all the nominees--who have been named to the Longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction! See the full list at: http://ow.ly/UjUZ50Gc3bG

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On Tuesday 9/21 SAL & @CaseyGrants co-present a night with Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@KeeangaYamahtta). Taylor will discuss her book "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation" and how the cost of policing underfunds us all. Register (FREE): http://ow.ly/WXTa50FUq5x

16 Sep

Hooray--NBA day! Special shout-out to @WavePoetry and #DouglasKearney for "Sho." We were honored to present Douglas last year for a talk with the @BWLectures. Which of these poets should we bring next year?