It’s hard to believe that 2020 is almost over. As we look forward to the 2021, we’re also taking a moment to reflect on some of the books that got us through this year. Get one last great read in…
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Hugo House’s Best-Loved Books of 2020
Posted Tue, 12/15/2020 - 10:41am by Megan Gallagher | Category: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Hugo Classes, Literature, Poetry, Reading
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Teacher Feature: Emily Rapp Black
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Hugo House instructor Emily Rapp Black is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir and The Still Point of the Turning World, as well as the forthcoming memoir, Sanctuary. Her work has appeared in VOGUE, the New York Times, Die…
Video Lesson: What If the Humans Stayed Home? with Jessica Gigot
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With communities around the world staying home due to the pandemic, there’s been a number of stories documenting unusual and inspiring animal activity, some true and some sensationalized. These stories, as well as some of the questions they’ve elicited from…
Teacher Feature: Sharon Bryan
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Hugo House instructor Sharon Bryan is the author of four collections of poetry, including Flying Blind, Objects of Affection, and Salt Air. In 2009, her collection, Sharp Stars, received the Isabella Stewart Gardner Poetry Award. Her poems have appeared in…
Teacher Feature: Erin Malone
Posted Tue, 9/22/2020 - 12:48pm by Katie Prince | Category: Hugo Classes, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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Hugo House instructor Erin Malone is a Seattle-based poet whose works have been featured in FIELD, New Ohio Review, Radar Poetry, and Ruminate. Her first full-length collection, Hover, won the Patricia Bibby Award from Tebot Bach Press and was published…
Time and Distance Overcome: Research in Poetry by Erin Malone
Posted Mon, 6/29/2020 - 9:47am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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“Time and Distance Overcome”: I titled this class after an essay of the same name by Eula Biss. I wanted a few words to suggest how a dive into the historical record can yield surprising and urgent connections to our…
“A Glimpse of Something Real”: An exclusive Q&A with poet Ed Skoog
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Ed Skoog is an award-winning poet and author of four books of poetry. His latest collection Travelers Leaving For the City will be released by Copper Canyon Press on May 26. Listen to Ed’s reading of the titular piece here….
How to Begin Your Hybrid Memoir by Sarah Cannon
Posted Fri, 4/10/2020 - 12:37pm by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Memoir, Writing, Writing Advice
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The hybrid memoir has the potential to be far more than a straight-up personal story. The appeal is the creativity of blending various elements and the result is a fresh take that can resonate in larger ways than a traditional…
Micro Lesson: Seeing Outside of Ourselves by Jessica Gigot
Posted Fri, 4/03/2020 - 1:05pm by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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When I initially planned my spring quarter Embodied Ecopoetics workshop, the world was a different place. I offered my first installment of this workshop at Hugo House in the fall and was excited about the opportunity to offer it again…
Love in the Time of COVID-19 by Janée J. Baugher
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With National Poetry Month starting April 1, Hugo Instructor Janée Baugher wrote this poem for the blog. Her class, National Poetry Month Intensive, starts tomorrow. Late registrations are welcome. Call 206.322.7030 to sign up. Learn more » I’m thinking about…
Zoom Classes: Frequently Asked Questions
Posted Thu, 3/26/2020 - 4:01pm by Katie Prince | Category: Hugo Classes
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Never taken a class using Zoom before? Don’t worry! We’re here to help. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the questions we get asked most frequently about using Zoom. If your question isn’t on this list, please write us at…
Happy Divorce! How to separate sound from meaning in poetry by Erica Sklar
Posted Fri, 2/28/2020 - 10:37am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Poetry, Writing, Writing Advice
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Divorcing ourselves from meaning in writing can feel impossible. We get lost in our narratives and our characters, in the metaphors we’re creating and the incredible dialogue that we just can’t seem to fit into the story. But the freedom…
Straight Talk About Diverse Books by Rachel Werner
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Have #OwnVoices finally become mainstream? Do you have a preconceived notion it will be easier to query your manuscript because diverse books are now trending? The latest research, compiled by Lee & Low Books and released earlier this week, seems…
Read Like a Writer: Henry James and Sally Rooney by Liza Birnbaum
Posted Fri, 2/07/2020 - 11:57am by Guest Contributor | Category: Fiction, Hugo Classes, Writing, Writing Advice
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Sally Rooney’s novels Conversations with Friends and Normal People have been two of the most talked-about books of the past five years. Profiles of Rooney tend to feature her age (she’s not yet thirty) and to deploy descriptions like “phenomenon”…
Outsmarting the Algorithm: Dissecting Your Favorite Song to Build a Personalized Playlist by Catherine Harris-White / SassyBlack
Posted Wed, 2/05/2020 - 9:17am by Guest Contributor | Category: Hugo Classes, Writing, Writing Advice
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There are many reasons music resonates with us. Most times it’s because that music has prompted a bit of nostalgia. Maybe it reminds you of your childhood or of a loved one or even a lover. Sometimes music can remind…
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