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February 21, 2024

Leadership Transition at Hugo House

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November 1, 2022 PT

Hugo House announces Interim Executive Director transition

Dear friends, It feels like only yesterday that I accepted the call to serve our community as Hugo House’s Interim Executive Director. Back then, in February of 2021, the future

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September 28, 2022 PT

Hugo House announces Executive Director search

Hugo House is excited to announce the search for the next permanent Executive Director to lead the organization into its future. The Executive Director will be the public spokesperson for

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August 12, 2022 PT

Listen to “Oil Rig 707” by the Radio Drama Scribes Camp

This summer’s Radio Drama Scribes camp, hosted in partnership between Hugo House and the Jack Straw Cultural Center, created space for students to utilize their creativity and collaboration skills to

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February 16, 2022 PT

7 Types of Writing Groups

Writing may be a solitary activity, but your writing life needn’t be! Enter the writing group, which is quite simply a group of writers that meets to do writerly things.

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January 20, 2022 PT

Remembering David Wagoner: Prolific Poet and Friend of Hugo House

Written by Lillo Way David Wagoner, “a giant of Northwest poetry,” died on December 18, 2021. In addition to his renown as a poet, he was a novelist (one of

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January 3, 2022 PT

Hugo House celebrates its 25th anniversary!

Happy New Year from all of us at Hugo House! As we turn the page on another year of growth and learning, we are excited to celebrate a very

Hugo Classes Writing

November 1, 2021 PT

Criticism as Equipment for Living by Kevin O’Rourke

Toward the end of his recent book, Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist, Patrick Nathan offers a robust defense of the art of criticism. Here, despite the

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October 19, 2021 PT

Q&A with Jessica Mehta: “The best poetry is inherently natural.”

This September, Jessica Mehta officially stepped into the role of poet-in-residence at Hugo House. Jessica is the author of fifteen books, including the collection When We Talk of Stolen Sisters (Not a Pipe Publishing),

Revision Process Blog

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October 14, 2021 PT

How to Reinvigorate Your Poetry Revision Process by Dilruba Ahmed

Poets, are your rough drafts piling up? Maybe some draft poems seem to have potential: a strong opening. A resonant image. A metaphor that shines. And yet, something’s missing, and you

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October 6, 2021 PT

How to Bake a Play, a personal recipe by Brian Dang

As any internet recipe starts, start with an intensely personal anecdote that people might scroll past to get to the ingredients list (regardless, it should mean the world to you).

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