Nhatt Nichols’s project for the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Program is a non-fiction graphic novel about the history of the Białowieża Forest, a World Heritage Area that sits between Poland and Belarus, and how the forest and humanity influence each other. In her conversation with curator Kathleen Alcalá, they explore how she first became interested […]
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Suchitra Iyer’s album Sunaad, produced through her artist residency at Jack Straw, is a collection of Hindustani classical compositions by Indian-American composers from the Pacific Northwest. The album reflects the nurturing community of classical music practitioners who have created a space for shared learning and growth. The songs showcase different aspects of North Indian music, from […]
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Margaret Jean, a Radio Portrait, was the first radio theater project produced by Jack Straw Productions – now Jack Straw Cultural Center – at our facility in the University District. Created by Executive Producer (now Jack Straw’s Executive Director) Joan Rabinowitz and playwright Jesse Minkert, Margaret Jean was first aired on NPR in the spring […]
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Margaret Jean, a Radio Portrait, was the first radio theater project produced by Jack Straw Productions – now Jack Straw Cultural Center – at our facility in the University District. Created by Executive Producer (now Jack Straw’s Executive Director) Joan Rabinowitz and playwright Jesse Minkert, Margaret Jean was first aired on NPR in the spring […]
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Sigrun Susan Lane’s project for the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Program is a collection of poems about her immigrant family and their origins in Iceland. In her conversation with curator Kathleen Alcalá, they discuss Icelandic folklore such as the little people, the influence of Icelandic poet Jakobína Johnson on her life, and the importance of […]
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Bun-Ching Lam produced the album Mountain Clear Water Remote through her 1995 Jack Straw Artist Support Program residency. The album was performed with the New Performance Group: John Weller, violin; Ella Marie Gray, violin; Melissa Hamilton, viola; Walter Gray, cello; Paul Taub, alto flute, piccolo; Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion; Thomasa Eckert, piano; and Bun-Ching Lam, piano
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Jenny Harrington Lill’s project for the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Program is a memoir about her late son, Ewan, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2018. In her conversation with curator Kathleen Alcalá, they discuss Jenny’s writing style, her scientific background as a cell biologist, and her essay titled […]
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Trío Guadalevín’s project El Noroeste – produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program – is a musical exploration of the historic presence of Latinos in what is now Washington State. Serving all who want to learn more about the Pacific Northwest, it is a necessary project to acknowledge a legacy of more […]
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Asha Dore’s project for the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Program is an autoethnography titled Gravity that focuses on weird crime in Florida, class, and neurodivergence. In her conversation with curator Kathleen Alcalá, they discuss why her father became involved with a Colombian cartel, what her hometown of Pensacola, Florida is like, and why poetics is […]
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This week we feature one of the poems Gabriela Denise Frank recorded at Jack Straw as part of her 2025 Artist Support Program project, producing recordings of poems that will appear in installations and public-facing venues. “How to Live on a Damaged Planet” is a cento. Gabriela writes, “I chose this form, which involves stitching […]
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