SAL/ON

A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures

Category: Writers on Writing

Introductions: Ben Fountain

April 4, 2017

On March 1 at Benaroya Hall, Ben Fountain—National Book Critics Circle Award-winner and author of the novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (now a film by Ang Lee)—floored us with his well-crafted lecture on what compels us to participate in the (somewhat crazy) act of writing, despite all the economic, social, and political odds stacked against […]

The Great Punctuation: Alice Notley & Mother-Bright-Appearance

March 31, 2017

By Sierra Nelson, WITS Writer-in-Residence I first encountered Alice Notley’s work seeing her read in Seattle for the Rendezvous Reading Series cosponsored by Subtext. It was 1999. It was Hugo House, which had just barely hatched. I was in my mid-20’s, not even hatched, in my first larval year of an MFA, second year performing […]

SAL on Twitter

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!