George R. Wolfe is the founder of both The LaLa Times, dubbed “The Onion for L.A.,” and LA River Expeditions, a group that advocates for endangered rivers. His activist work has been featured in The New York Times, PBS, BBC, and in the documentary Rock the Boat: Saving America’s Wildest River. Wolfe’s first novel, Blake’s […]
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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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Lauri Conner is a Cave Canem fellow whose poems have appeared in Sou’wester, Seattle Review, and other journals and anthologies, including The Ringing Ear. She holds a PhD and an MFA from the University of Washington and has taught at Cornish College of the Arts, Antioch University, Seattle Academy, and Seattle Central College. She is the […]
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Paul Hunter is the author of several poetry collections, including Stubble Field (Silverfish Review Press, 2012), Ripening (Silverfish Review Press, 2006), and Breaking Ground (Silverfish Review Press, 2005), which received the 2005 Washington State Book Award. Of his work, Washington state poet laureate Samuel Green writes, “Wise and generous, when there’s labor to be done, […]
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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’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 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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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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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 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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