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Wage Slaves: Tales from the Grind

Seattle’s favorite reading series about work returns to Hugo House. Elizabeth Austen, Jonathan Evison, Daemond Arrindell, and Jennifer Longo share their stories and poems about labors of love and commerce—from cubicles and classrooms to cemeteries and correctional centers. Sierra Golden and Michelle Goodman emcee. The event is free and the bar will be open serving

Word Works: Dorianne Laux on Music

In this talk, poet Dorianne Laux examines the musical patterns of poetry. Though there are many formal names for the poetic devices that bring together written word and sounded pattern, the emphasis will be on the syllable and the line. You'll learn to generate new work with rhythm and music of the line as a

Works in Progress

Held on the first and third Monday of every month in the Hugo House Cabaret at 7:00 p.m., Works in Progress is an open mic for all comers. 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 are all