Paul Haas

September 8, 2023

Paul Haas’s work has been published in Literal Latte. He was a local organizer of Writers Harvest, the national fundraising effort on behalf of programs to end hunger. 1997 Writers Program

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Noel Franklin

September 8, 2023

Noel Franklin’s poetry appears in Rain City Review, Son of Slam!, and two self-published chapbooks, Gone Girl and Theo. She has read at numerous events including the Poetry Slam Nationals, the Jesse Bernstein Memorial Reading, and Home Alive benefits, and continues to read in lots of local series. She is also an organizer of the […]

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Joan Fiset

September 8, 2023

Joan Fiset’s work has been widely published in periodicals including Poetry Northwest, The Seattle Review, Calyx, Ploughshares, Negative Capability, and The Crab Creek Review. Namesake, a book of prose vignettes about her mother who suffered from mental illness, was released from Blue Begonia Press in 2015. Now the Day Is Over, a book of prose […]

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Tracie D. Hall

September 8, 2023

Tracie Hall is Executive Director of the American Library Association. She previously served as Director, Culture Program at Chicago’s Joyce Foundation. As Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) for the City of Chicago where she oversaw the Arts and Creative Industries Division which included the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, […]

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Devon Whyte

September 8, 2023

From the 1998 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I was born on the island of Antigua, in the British West Indies. My family then immigrated to the United States twenty years ago. I have since lived in four states, making my home currently in Seattle, for the  past three years. As a resident of the Belltown […]

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Trisha Ready

September 8, 2023

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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Kimball MacKay-Brook

September 8, 2023

For a couple of decades, Kimball MacKay-Brook made his living feeding people – sharecropping in the mountains of Western North Carolina and cooking in restaurants, daycare centers, and schools. For the last eight years, he’s taught at Cornish College of the Arts, providing, he hopes, a different sort of nutrition. His work has appeared in […]

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Daniel Gutierrez

September 8, 2023

From the 1998 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I was born and raised in New York City and I moved out to Seattle thirteen years ago to attend the University of Washington, where I received an M.A. in English. My recent publication credits include The Madison Review, River City, Pearl, The Rockford Review, and The Cape […]

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Sonia Gomez

September 8, 2023

Sonia Gomez is an American born Sri Lankan, who was raised in Kenya and Zimbabwe. She received an MFA from the University of Washington and has taught at that institution, and at local community colleges. She has also worked at Seattle Arts and Lectures and Richard Hugo House. Gomez has received grants from Artist Trust […]

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Paula Gilovich

September 8, 2023

From the 1998 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I graduated with a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Washington and now freelance for Allure magazine and do a little writing for The Stranger. I’m currently teaching English and creative writing at an alternative high school in Long Beach, Washington and working on my second […]

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