Stokley Towles tells stories. Venues showing his work have ranged from the sidewalk of the corner of 151st and 8th Ave SW in Burien where story plaques tell a 10,000 year history of that block, to the University of Washington where for two years he acted as a professor and gave lectures to students in […]
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Nancy Redwine’s most recent publications are included in the anthology The New Fuck You (Semiotexte, 1995) and the Fremont Fair chapbook (LD Books). In 1996 she read at the Rendezvous Reading Series and Red and Black Books. 1997 Writers Program
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Kate Miller’s work has been published many places, including the anthology The Persistent Desire (Alyson) and on Seattle Metro buses. She sells books at Red and Black Books and is a former resident of Hedgebrook cottages. 1997 Writers Program
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Eula Little has read at various venues in Seattle, including the Fremont Fair and the SPICE series. 1997 Writers Program
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Amy Halloran’s work has appeared in The Stranger, Women’s Work, and BUST. One of her non-books was included in an exhibit she co-curated, This Is Not a Book at Summer Song Gallery. 1997 Writers Program
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Trisha Ready is a writer and a psychologist. She wrote essays for twenty years for Seattle’s alternative newspaper— The Stranger. Her writing focuses on mental health and music. 1998 Writers Program
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The poet Jamal Gabobe has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington. The Path of Difference is his third poetry book. He has published another book of poetry titled Love and Memory and an Arabic poetry book called Qalb La Yanam. Jamal’s travel essay Termites and Clans was included in the anthology […]
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From the 1998 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I am a twenty-seven year old Chicano, or Mexican-American. I was raised in mostly middle-class white suburban communities where the only other students with Spanish surnames were my siblings. I’m currently a full-time composition and literature professor at Shoreline Community College. I moved to Washington after living in […]
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From the 1999 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I grew up in Seattle, graduated from the University of Washington, then traveled around the country for the next 12 years. During that time I worked as a machinist, foundry worker, and garment worker. Throughout those years I was active in the trade union movement, on issues ranging […]
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Lisa Michaels is the author of Split: A Counterculture Childhood, selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Her work has appeared in Glamour, Salon, and the New York Times Magazine. She has been a contributing editor at The Threepenny Review and […]
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