Castalia is a monthly reading series at Richard Hugo House featuring graduate students, faculty and alumni from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington.http://uwcastalia.blogspot.com/Our readers will be UW MFA students Alex Bleecker (poetry), Mickie Centrone (prose), Rich Smith (poetry), and Tara Atkinson (prose. Our alumnus will be Peter Mountford (prose) and our faculty reader

Commissioned by Richard Hugo House as part of the 2012-2013 Hugo Literary Series, poet, novelist and Guggenheim Award recipient Chris Abani; author of “Wild” and Oprah Book Club 2.0 inaugural author Cheryl Strayed; and Washington State Book Award winner Jonathan Evison decide where they are, with new music from Joy Mills.THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD

 Featuring a talk by Ellen Forney and new music inspired by Lust from: Levi FullerRobert HeyerKaren LindenbergDarren LoucasKimo MurakiAaron StarkeyMike VotavaTekla WaterfieldWes Weddell ....and others. Tickets are $10 pre-sale and $15 door. Get your tickers here! Sponsored by The Comic Stop