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Hugo Literary Series | Rashomon: Charles Mudede, Adrian Matejka, Beverly Aarons and Shaudi Bianca Vahdat

There’s little doubt that time has felt weird over these last two years. For this season’s Hugo Literary Series, twelve writers and musicians will be riffing on variations of time. For this evening’s event, writers Charles Mudede, Adrian Matejka, Beverly Aarons, and Shaudi Bianca Vahdat started from the prompt of Rashomon—same time, different perspectives. Time waits for no one—snag a ticket to

$5.00 – $15.00
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Night of 1,000 Words: Auction & Fundraiser

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

Click here to watch the live stream of the event at 7 pm on Thursday, May 19.THE ONLINE AUCTION IS OPEN! Click here to register and start bidding now on silent and live auctions to support Hugo House.In celebration of Hugo House’s silver anniversary (25 years!), join us for a brand new annual fundraiser, Night of

Hugo Literary Series | The Time Trapper: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Stacy D. Flood, and Intisaar

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

There’s little doubt that time has felt weird over these last two years. For this season’s Hugo Literary Series, twelve writers and musicians will be riffing on variations of time. For this evening’s event, writers Viet Thanh Nguyen, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Stacy D. Flood, and Intisaar started from the prompt of The Time Trapper.Join us for

$5.00 – $15.00

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Hugo Lit Series | Reincarnation: Omar El Akkad, Lilliam Rivera, Joshua Mohr, Brenna Bruce

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

Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, we’ve decided to go with the theme re/birth to celebrate, if not the end of the pandemic, then at least some way of us living in the world with

$5.00 – $15.00

Hugo Lit Series 2022-23 Series Pass

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

Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, we’ve decided to go with the theme re/birth to celebrate, if not the end of the pandemic, then at least some way of us living in the world with

$15.00 – $45.00

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Hugo Lit Series | Unearthing: Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Matthew Olzmann, Arianne True, Zoser Dunbar

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

Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, we’ve decided to go with the theme re/birth to celebrate, if not the end of the pandemic, then at least some way of us living in the world with

$5.00 – $15.00

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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

Hugo Lit Series | Second Chances: Danez Smith, Rachel Khong, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Zan Fiskum

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

Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, we’ve decided to go with the theme re/birth to celebrate, if not the end of the pandemic, then at least some way of us living in the world with

$5.00 – $15.00

Ada Limón with Quenton Baker

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

Join us in welcoming Ada Limón, 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

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Hugo Lit Series | Conversion: Jos Charles, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Putsata Reang, Lucia Flores-Wiseman

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

Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, we’ve decided to go with the theme re/birth to celebrate, if not the end of the pandemic, then at least some way of us living in the world with

$5.00 – $15.00

The Poet Speaks Workshop: African Oral Traditions

Hugo House welcomes Amanda Eke, Nigerian American Broadcast Journalist/Anchor, Artist, Spoken Word Poet, Film-Maker, and Educator, to the main stage as part of her touring workshop series, "The Poet Speaks.” This workshop invites audiences to learn from and engage with Nigerian and Igbo oral traditions of rhyme and verse. Amanda will guide participants to explore

Free

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Gravity From the Moon: A Night of Native Voices | A Hugo Literary Series & Snoqualmie Casino Partnership

Hugo House is overjoyed to announce the return of Hugo Literary Series! This inspired, new iteration of our program will continue to highlight both emerging and established artists with a shared commitment: to ignite your passion for reading and writing!In the coming year, Lit Series will host readings spotlighting regional writers deeply connected to place

$5.00 – $15.00

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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

2024 Washington State Book Award Winner – Sonora Jha

Winner of the 2024 Washington State Book Award for Fiction, “The Laughter” is an explosive, tense, and illuminating work of fiction… a fascinating portrait of privilege, radicalization, class, and modern academia that forces us to confront the assumptions we make, as both readers and as citizens.Sonora Jha is also the author of the memoir “How

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