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 Richard Kenney, Dilara Elbir, Alex Turner, and Vanessa Batyko.

Navajo (Diné) fiction writer Natanya Ann Pulley reads from her latest short story collection, With Teeth, which Ramona Ausubel calls “as relentless as it is generous, as heartbreaking as it is beautiful.” About With Teeth “Part creation myth, part surreal horror story, part smart parable of the consumption and commodification of vulnerable bodies, With Teeth, in

Local Voices presents a unique opportunity to eavesdrop on the works of SAL’s Writers in the Schools resident writers. These locally acclaimed novelists, poets, essayists, and storytellers come together to read from their own works-in-progress, and inspire the same craft and performance skills they teach in the classroom.