SAL/ON

A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures

Category: WITS Writers-in-Residence

Close-up of Judith Roth, standing amid a blurred background of green, diffused light through trees.

A Remembrance of Judith Roche

November 21, 2019

By Laura Gamache, WITS Writer-in-Residence Judith Roche grew up in Detroit, Michigan, but she almost didn’t. Her poem, “Drowning in Lake Michigan,” begins: “My first memory looks up to sunlight through water.” I heard her read it a few years back at an It’s About Time reading at the Ballard Public Library. It is the […]

WITS Voices: Saying Goodbye to Hutch School

June 7, 2018

By Samar Abulhassan, WITS Writer-in-Residence Shout Out Poem (after Sekou Sundiata) Melanie, 3rd Grade, Washington, Hutch School Here’s to the greatest words this morning to one of the best places going down, Here’s to the blue noodles in one of my poems To the kids who have come and gone To the kids who are […]

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5 Mar

We can't wait to up our courage with @Luvvie on 3/19.
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4 Mar

Starting March 13, Middle and High Schoolers can learn learn all about audio storytelling with @kuowradioactive. Geared toward youth who are interested in writing, storytelling, journalism, podcasting, and amplifying youth voice. #ArtsEd 1/2

4 Mar

Happy world book day! In honor, here are a few characters that we wanted to be when we were young. What character or or book world did you wish you could enter into as a young person?

3 Mar

We're boosting this free event which will take place this Thursday at 12:30 featuring Helena Goos from our Youth Poet Laureate Cohort, SU Distinguished Visiting Poet Anastacia Reneé, and more! Thank you, Seattle University, for promoting local writing!