Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved is a singular masterpiece of the American canon that turns an unflinching gaze upon the legacy of trauma left behind by slavery and its compounding impact on American life across generations. The indelible story of Sethe and her desperate bid for freedom challenges readers not just to confront the
Join us at Hugo House for a reading featuring Kaveh Akbar, Paige Lewis, Billie Swift, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha! About the Readers Kaveh Akbar’s poems appear in the New Yorker, Poetry, the New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. His second full-length volume of poetry, Pilgrim Bell, will be published by Graywolf
Join us for a reading and conversation by Filipinx writers Ricco Villanueva Siasoco, author of the debut story collection The Foley Artist, and Angela Garbes, author of Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy. About The Foley Artist "A collection like a circus of daredevils. . . . A
Great Souls: Great Stories Presented by The Seagull Project, a series of live short stories read by the finest actors in Seattle, is now in its eighth season. This month, Great Souls partners with Hugo House to celebrate the fantasy and science fiction of Pacific Northwest writers. Come see stories by Octavia Butler, Ursula K.
Write-O-Rama is your chance to try out several workshops offered by Hugo House teachers all in one writing-packed day. Sample Hugo House classes, meet our teachers, and try out genres and topics outside your purview without the pressure of registering for a full class. Event Overview Registration begins at 12 p.m. The first class
In partnership with the Northwest African American Museum, we're pleased to present a tribute to the literary and cultural legacy of novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and social critic, James Baldwin (1924–1987). Featuring readings and remembrances from Anastacia-Renée, Ebo Barton, LaNesha DeBardelaben, and Seattle Civic Poet Jourdan Imani Keith. This event will take place at the
DUE TO A FAMILY TRAGEDY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. A writer's main concern should not be with making a story happen. When a writer has taken the time to create characters who are deeply human, those characters, with all their needs, desires, and actions, in turn take care of the plot,
This year's annual Copper Canyon Press holiday celebration—book sale, reading, and party at the Hugo House—will celebrate socially-engaged poetry, with poems that take on climate change, gender justice, issues of labor and class, and life at the U.S-Mexico border. Elizabeth J. Coleman will travel from New York to read from the groundbreaking anthology of eco-poetry Here:
Join three debut novelists as they share all the highs and lows of getting published, as well as lessons and insights they learned along the way, from finishing the book to finding an agent and publisher and beyond. With Evan Roxanna Ramzipoor, author of The Ventriloquists; Noelle Salazar, author of The Flight Girls; and Kira
Join us and the Northwest Native Writers Circle for an evening of readings and conversation by some of the most brilliant and talented Native womxn writers working in the Northwest today. The lineup includes Laura Da', Rena Priest, Storme Webber, Arianne True, Sara Marie Ortiz, and Sondra S. Segundo-Cunningham. About the Readers Laura Da’ is
Held on the first and third Monday of every month in the Hugo House Lapis Theater at 7:00 p.m., Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work, meet other writers, and find out what’s going on in the literary community. Poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, unclassified, and unclassifiable work of
Join us for an exploration of the subcontinent and the diaspora through the poetry of Dilruba Ahmed, Kazim Ali, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, and Prageeta Sharma, who will be reading from their recent books and current projects. In their works, they build distinct places that carefully examine themes of love, grief, politics, and the everyday, and
Original music inspired by Tara Westover’s Educated. Tara Westover’s riveting, bestselling memoir of discovery and independence took the entire world by storm—now, it becomes a well of inspiration for artists in a night of original music. “This story, remarkable as it is, might be merely another entry in the subgenre of extreme American life, were
Former Hugo Fellow Raymond Fleischmann returns to Hugo House to read from his debut novel, How Quickly She Disappears, a tale of literary suspense set in the Alaskan landscape. Fleischmann will be joined by thriller writer Urban Waite, author of The Terror of Living, The Carrion Birds, and Sometimes the Wolf. Please RSVP for a
Castalia is a monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Washington MFA program. Doors open at 7:15 pm; readings begin at 7:30 pm. Featuring readings by Andrew Feld, Kary Wayson, Boston Chandler, Haines Whitacre, and Rasheena Fountain.
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