ENGLISH:Join Us for a Free Bilingual Open Mic at Hugo House!We are excited to invite you to the bilingual open mic series at HugoHouse, where art, literature, and music can be shared in either Englishor Spanish.How to Register?This event is free to attend. Anyone interested can pre-register bysending an email to: mic@seattlelatino.orgHow It Works:Participants are
Collections—A Live Magazine and Public Club hosted by Ariel Basom is a monthly showcase of both live readers and video performances featuring a diversity of positions, styles, and modes: poetry juxtaposing story; literary fiction opposing memoir; drama next to genre fiction.Do you want to be a part of this community? Do you want to be
Hugo House welcomes back Castalia—University of Washington MFA program's monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni. Showcasing published and unpublished drafts of work by authors from a variety of disciplines, professional backgrounds, and age demographics, Castalia offers authors a platform for community reading while putting their work in conversation with other voices, styles,
Perhaps no single author has generated more controversy in recent years than Ibram X. Kendi, whose Stamped from the Beginning—published in versions for both adults and youth—outlines the history of racist ideas in America with devastating clarity. In 2020, Stamped itself was stamped as the second-most challenged book in America.Event Landing PageTickets
Come and celebrate the work and creativity of urban Indigenous youth in our region who have spent the last month finding their voices through various storytelling genres in our Community Literary Series classes. This event will showcase their stories and provide insight into their journey, supported by Red Eagle Soaring, an amazing organization that empowers
On Thursday May 22nd, join Landscapes of Healing, Hugo House and Pongo Poetry Project’s co-hosted poetry reading. The event is presented as part of Seattle Reads: “You Are Here.” Mentors from Pongo Poetry Project and members of the Hugo House community will read poetry inspired by You Are Here, the recently released poetry anthology edited
ENGLISH:Join Us for a Free Bilingual Open Mic at Hugo House!We are excited to invite you to the bilingual open mic series at HugoHouse, where art, literature, and music can be shared in either Englishor Spanish.How to Register?This event is free to attend. Anyone interested can pre-register bysending an email to: mic@seattlelatino.orgHow It Works:Participants are
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
Collections—A Live Magazine and Public Club hosted by Ariel Basom is a monthly showcase of both live readers and video performances featuring a diversity of positions, styles, and modes: poetry juxtaposing story; literary fiction opposing memoir; drama next to genre fiction.  Do you want to be a part of this community? Do you want to be
Join us at Hugo House for an evening of poetry and prose in print. We welcome readings from local community writers cultivated through local open mics: Dario Cvencek, Michael Keen, Rhea Melina, William Murray, Francesca Penchant, and Iz White read from their latest books. Q&A to follow. Books will be available for purchase.
Collections—A Live Magazine and Public Club hosted by Ariel Basom is a monthly showcase of both live readers and video performances featuring a diversity of positions, styles, and modes: poetry juxtaposing story; literary fiction opposing memoir; drama next to genre fiction.Do you want to be a part of this community? Do you want to be
Please join Melika Bokaie for her book launch event here at the Hugo House! The author will begin by introducing her book, sharing the story behind it, its main themes, and the writing journey. She will then proceed to have a short reading to give the audience a sense of the voice and atmosphere of
Collections—A Live Magazine and Public Club hosted by Ariel Basom is a monthly showcase of both live readers and video performances featuring a diversity of positions, styles, and modes: poetry juxtaposing story; literary fiction opposing memoir; drama next to genre fiction.Do you want to be a part of this community? Do you want to be
Please join us in celebrating the release of Leigh Sugar’s debut poetry collection, FREELAND (Alice James Books, 2025). Sugar, who formerly lived in Seattle, has taught several courses at Hugo House, and is excited to share in this exciting time with the Hugo House and greater Seattle literary community. A Jake Adam York and Alice
Please join author Tim Chawaga for the launch of his debut sci-fi mystery at the Hugo House!Inspired by John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series, SALVAGIA is a near-future mystery novel in which Triss Mackey, a diver searching for nostalgic salvage discovers the body of the most infamous man in the flooded Florida coast. The event will begin with
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