It Goes On
It Goes On hosted by Jeanine Walker
$2 wine & poetry
readings by Paul Hlava Ceballos, Laura Da', Kathleen Flenniken, Robert Lashley
Thursday, October 17, 7pm
doors & open mic sign up at 6pm
Hugo House is delighted to partner with poet Jeanine Walker and mixed media artist Aaron Counts to bring to the Hugo House stage a new reading series, It Goes On! It Goes On features $2 glasses of wine, $8 bottles, and invaluable words. Our inaugural reading stars local poetry legends Paul Hlava Ceballos, Laura Da', Kathleen Flenniken, and Robert Lashley. And you! On the open mic, following the reading (limit 10 readers–sign ups start at 6). Come on out to our cozy cabaret-style theater to partake in the poetry, wine, and full-on fall fun.
Paul Hlava Ceballos is the author of banana [ ], winner of the AWP Prize for Poetry and the Poetry Society of America’s First Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. His collaborative chapbook, Banana [ ] / we pilot the blood, shares pages with Quenton Baker and Christina Sharpe. He is a CantoMundo fellow and has been featured on the Poetry Magazine Podcast and in The Stranger. He is the Poetry Editor of the Seattle Met and practices echocardiography.
Laura Da’ is a poet and teacher who studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the author of Tributaries, American Book Award winner, Instruments of the True Measure, Washington State Book Award winner, and Severalty forthcoming in 2025. Da’ is Eastern Shawnee and she lives in Washington with her family.
Kathleen Flenniken is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Post Romantic. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Image, the Pushcart Prize and Poetry Unbound anthologies, and in the documentary film Richland, now streaming on Apple TV.
Robert Lashley was a 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and Finalist for a Stranger Genius Award. In 2024, his first novel, I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer, was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award.
