Solitude Social Club returns, with a new time slot for a new year! Join us as we toast multidisciplinary artist Natasha Marin, author of Black Imagination: Black Voices on Black Futures. Solitude Social Club is Hugo Houseâs offering to readers and writers seeking connection during the social quarantine. Each week weâll bring a guest writer to share a drink and discuss how theyâre finding
Writing can help us process our feelings about the unprecedented events unfolding around us. But it can be hard to find the focus and the motivation when we're stressed and overwhelmed. To help get those words flowing, join us at this free weekly write-in via Zoom, where you'll get writing prompts, time to write, and
Castalia is a monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Washington MFA program. Use the "Tickets" button above to register for the Zoom meeting. Readings begin at 7:30 pm.
Original music inspired by Ted Chiangâs Exhalation Travel through time and peer into parallel universes as we dive into Seattle author Ted Chiangâs breathtaking story collection. âExhalation by Ted Chiang is a collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human. The best kind of science fiction.â âBarack
Works in Progress has gone virtual! Via the magic of Zoom, Hugo Houseâs semi-monthly open mic series is back. Please RSVP at the âTicketsâ link to receive the Zoom link and reserve your place in the reading lineup. Held on the first and third Monday of every month at 7 p.m., Works in Progress is
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Kary Wayson's latest book, The Slip, which is filled with "lexical, logical, and wildly various tonal grace." Wayson will be joined by poets Mary Szybist and Alison Stagner. About the Writers Kary Wayson is the author of two books of poetryâThe Slip (Burnside Review, 2020) and American Husband
Join the current Hugo House Fellows for their mid-year reading. Nourished by the Audre Lorde poem âA Litany for Survival,â Fellows have themed the evening âA Litany for â as a framework for reading their work. The 2020â21 Fellows will read from the projects theyâve been working on during the Hugo Fellowship, part of our
Celebrate the release of four new books from acclaimed small press, Four Way Books. With readings from poets Andrea Cohen, Jonathan Wells, Abagail Wender, and C. Dale Young. About the Readers Andrea Cohenâs poems and stories have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, the Threepenny Review, Glimmertrain, the New Republic, the Hudson
Presented by Hugo House and Jack Straw Cultural Center In community with Jack Straw Artist Natasha Marin's online exhibit Sites of Powerâpart of her ongoing Black Imagination projectâwe present an evening of words and song from Jack Straw Writers and Artists who have been part of this many-pronged project, from the Black Imagination book to
Join local novelists Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman for a free one-hour writing Q&A. Tracy and Wendy will offer some of their expert tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing in partnership. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to get started. Registration is
Presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures. Award-winning poet, educator, and Cave Canem co-founder Toi Derricotte bravely tackles difficult and universal subject matter such as violence, racism, motherhood, and identity through an autobiographical lens. Q&A with Anastacia-Reneé.
Works in Progress has gone virtual! Via the magic of Zoom, Hugo Houseâs semi-monthly open mic series is back. Please RSVP at the âTicketsâ link to receive the Zoom link and reserve your place in the reading lineup. Held on the first and third Monday of every month at 7 p.m., Works in Progress is
Writing can help us process our feelings about the unprecedented events unfolding around us. But it can be hard to find the focus and the motivation when we're stressed and overwhelmed. To help get those words flowing, join us at this free weekly write-in via Zoom, where you'll get writing prompts, time to write, and
Join us to celebrate with Emily Rapp Black and Katherine Standefer as they launch their new books! Emily's new book, Sanctuary, is "an incisive memoir about how she came to question and redefine the concept of resilience after the trauma of her first childâs death," and Katherine's debut, Lightning Flowers, is "the astonishing true story of
Join local memoirist Kent Wong for a free one-hour writing Q&A. Kent will discuss his new book Swimming to Freedom and then will offer some of his expert tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing memoir. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to
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