Lit Crawl 2021 | Patrycja Humienik and Abi Pollokoff

This event is quite simple: two fabulous readings by some of Seattle’s best and brightest female creatives! What is not to love about that?

About the Readers

Patrycja Humienik, daughter of Polish immigrants, is a writer, editor, and performer based in Seattle, WA. She serves as Events Director for The Seventh Wave and works in the Office of Equity & Justice in Graduate Programs at the University of Washington. A recent semi-finalist for the 92Y Discovery Prize, her poetry is featured/forthcoming in Passages North, BOAAT, Southeast Review, Poetry Northwest, Guesthouse, Palette Poetry, Redivider, and elsewhere. She is working on her first book, Anchor Baby.

Abi Pollokoff is a Seattle-based writer and book artist with work forthcoming or found in KALEIDOSCOPED, The Seventh Wave, EcoTheo, The Shore, and Denver Quarterly, among others. She is a 2021 Jack Straw Writers Fellow, and she has also held fellowships or residencies from the Hugo House, the Seattle Review of Books, and the Alice. Currently, Abi is the events manager for Open Books: A Poem Emporium and the managing editor for Poetry Northwest Editions, along with many other hats. She received her MFA from the University of Washington.

About Lit Crawl 2021

Now in its ninth year, Lit Crawl Seattle 2021 will be a detour from our normal route. We will be partnering with one venue only, our friends at Hugo House, to deliver to you an awesome night of fiction and poetry. Hopefully in 2022 we will return to taking over the whole town!

Join us Sunday, October 17th from 5-8pm for an evening of stellar readings. We will be having back some old favorites like the Youth Poet Laureates and Jack Straw, as well as new friends. Stay tuned for more details, including ticket links!

Lit Crawl is powered by fiscal sponsor Shunpike and is a grant recipient of 4Culture and City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

Lit Crawl Seattle ​is a project of the Litquake Foundation with affiliated Lit Crawls in San Francisco, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Austin, Los Angeles, Iowa City, Seattle, London, Helsinki, Portland, Chicago, Denver, and Cheltenham.

Health and Safety note:

Vaccination cards are required upon entry. All attendees must wear a mask when not actively eating or drinking. Failure to comply may result in removal from the venue and forfeiture of ticket.