Family Secrets: A Poetic Dialogue between Esther Lin and Sharon Hashimoto
Please join us in uncovering long-held family secrets by way of a conversation in poems, from ekphrases inspired by misty old photos, secret marriages, incarceration, and flight from war—the poems of former Hugo House instructor Lin and noted Northwest poet and fiction writer Hashimoto don't hold back.Â
Reading with Q&A to follow.
Sharon Hashimoto
Sharon Hashimoto’s second poetry collection, More American, won the 2021 Off the Grid Poetry Prize, judged by Marilyn Nelson and the 2022 Washington State Book Award in poetry, and her latest book is a collection of short stories titled Stealing Home (Grid Books, 2024). Her first book, The Crane Wife, was co-winner of the 2016 Annual Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize and reprinted by Red Hen Press in 2021.
Esther Lin
Esther Lin's first book, Cold Thief Place, won the 2023 Alice James Award. She co-organizes the Undocupoets, which promotes the work of undocumented poets and raises consciousness about the structural barriers that they face in the literary community. She is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow and 2024 Pushcart Prize winner.Â
