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Poetry’s Possible Powers: A Reading and Conversation

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

For the West Coast debut of her memoir Poetry’s Possible Worlds, Lesley Wheeler leads a reading and discussion about what reading and writing poetry can do for individuals and communities. According to cognitive scientists, the experience of “literary transportation”—getting lost in a book—can change a person, starting with small physical alterations in heartrate and respiration, but sometimes

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My A.I. Is My Co-Writer: A Double Book Launch with Sasha Stiles and K Allado-McDowell

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

This event will explore the nascent, fascinating intersection of writing and Artificial Intelligence, introducing the creative and imaginative potential of this technology to an audience of curious readers and writers who may be interested in exploring AI's potential for themselves.It will explore the craft of authoring a text with a nonhuman writing partner, and into

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Ask a Multigenre Artist with Sasha LaPointe

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join multigenre artist Sasha LaPointe for a free one-hour virtual Q&A session. Sasha will offer some tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to get started.

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Writing Towards Justice with Comedy and Satire

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join us virtually for Writing Towards Justice-- a joint reading by novelist Stephanie BarbÊ Hammer and poet Matt Sedillo from their recent books, Pretend Plumber and City on the Second Floor, followed by a discussion on how comedy and satire can push racial and economic justice and galvanize change. 

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A Century of Grace: Readings from Two Poets Laureate

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Texas State Poets Laureate Karla K. Morton (2010) and Alan Birkelbach (2005) did what has never been done before: they traveled to all of America's 62 National Parks, wrote poetry, took photos, and put them into a beautiful full color, hard-bound coffee table book: The National Parks: A Century of Grace (TCU Press).With this winner of the

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Ask a Novelist with E.J. Koh

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join writer E.J. Koh for a free one-hour Q&A. E.J. will offer some tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing a novel. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to get started.

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Reading: “When Home Is Not Safe: Writings on Verbal, Emotional, and Physical Abuse”

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

The anthology When Home Is Not Safe: Writings on Verbal, Emotional and Physical Abuse (McFarland, 2021) features work from several Seattle area poets, as well as writers from the US, Canada, and around the world. We welcome the community to this reading and discussion for an evening of vulnerability and healing.

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Book Launch: The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

Join Hugo House in welcoming Kwame Alexander for a conversation around and reading from his highly anticipated new children’s book, The Door of No Return (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).For tickets and more information please visit Elliot Bay's Eventbrite page here.Along with our friends and colleagues at Elliott Bay Book Company and The Seattle Public Library,

Curating an Artistic Legacy: Writers as Family Archivists

Hugo House presents a conversation between writers Aisha Sabatini Sloan, author of Captioning the Archives, and Lilly Dancyger, author of Negative Space. Join the artists as they discuss writing books using their fathers' artistic archives, reckoning with the myth-making of those men and their art, as well as curating their families' stories through the lens of

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Word Works | Mark Doty: Raising the Stakes

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

A good poem makes feeling and thinking scrutable, and makes use of any number of tools (think sonics, image, tone, diction, figurative speech, lineation, white space) to help the writer go more deeply into the material of the poem and engage the reader’s imaginative participation as fully as possible. In this talk, Mark Doty read and discuss

$5.00 – $15.00

Ada LimĂłn with Quenton Baker

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join us in welcoming Ada LimĂłn, the nation's 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, for a one-night-only reading from her six collections of poetry and the debut of new work for the very first time on Hugo House's stage! Following her reading, Ada will be joined in conversation with Seattle poet and educator Quenton Baker. Books will

$5.00 – $15.00

Second Locations, Second Chances: Characters Finding Self in the Most Unexpected Places

Hugo House welcomes award-winning authors Alle C. Hall, Jennifer Haupt, and Emme Lund for a discussion around crafting characters, hosted and moderated by Sarah Neilson. Join Alle C. Hall (As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back), Jennifer Haupt (In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills), and Emme Lund (The Boy with a Brid in his Chest),

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Cedar Sigo with Diana Delgado

Join us in welcoming Cedar Sigo, poet and member of the Suquamish Tribe, for a reading from his collection of work followed by a conversation with Hugo House Executive Director Diana Delgado and a Q&A session with the audience. Books, provided by our friends at Elliott Bay Book Company, will be available for purchase and

$15.00 – $25.00

An Evening with Mathias Svalina

Join us in welcoming Mathias Svalina, interdisciplinary poet and creator of the Dream Delivery Service! Mathias will give a reading from his collection of work, followed by a conversation with Serena Chopra. There will also be open Q&A session with the audience, where guests are welcome to engage with questions on craft and the writing

$15.00 – $25.00

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Hon Lai Chu and Jacqueline Leung on Mending Bodies with Jane Wong

On tour from Hong Kong, author Hon Lai Chu and translator Jacqueline Leung visit Seattle to celebrate the English translation of Mending Bodies, out April 29 from Two Lines Press.For readers of Ling Ma and Sayaka Murata, Hon Lai Chu’s dystopian exploration of body autonomy, relationships, and late capitalism defies and then reassembles dark realities.In a failing city, a government

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