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Wage Slaves: Tales from the Grind

Seattle’s favorite reading series about work is back with another installment. Anastacia-Renee, Bruce Barcott, Kate Lebo, Sam Ligon, and Brian McGuigan share their stories and poems about labors of love and commerce—from pot shops and pie racks to racism, parenting, and the local lit scene. Sierra Golden and Michelle Goodman emcee. The event is free

Hugo Literary Series: Dinaw Mengestu, Alissa Nutting, Sarah Galvin, and the Foghorns

Cliché: Beating a dead horse Meaning: To continue to bring up the same ol' subject, even though it's already been concluded and it won't do any good to debate it further. The 2015-2016 season begins on with writing based on the cliche “Beating a Dead Horse.” The event features novelist and reporter Dinaw Mengestu; fiction writer

Wave in the PNW: An Evening with Wave Books

Wave Books, one of the nation's most exciting and innovative poetry presses, comes to Hugo House to present five Wave poets who live in the Pacific Northwest. About the Poets Alejandro de Acosta is a teacher, writer, and translator—in no particular order. His publications include translations of Micrograms by Jorge Carrera Andrade and Five Meters of Poems by Carlos Oquendo