While in graduate school in the 1990s, a friend of Steve Almond’s handed him a novel that fundamentally changed the way he thought about writing. That book was Stoner by John Williams, which follows the travails of a college professor whose life from the outside seems unremarkable, even forgettable, but whose inner life is rendered
Celebrating Whitman’s timeless poetry on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Bushwick performers include: Claudia Castro Luna, Amanda Winterhalter, Sierra Golden, Joy Mills, Julia Massey, Carrie Wicks, Aaron Starkey, Sean Morse, and more. Tickets: $10 In eight previous seasons, The Bushwick Book Club Seattle has hosted over 300 individual performers writing and debuting original music
Join us for a reading of five poets—Laura Da’, Jessica Laser, Rob Schlegel, Dujie Tahat, and Philadelphia poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera—who are gathering at the crossroads of language, geography, community, and self. About the Readers Laura Da’ studied at the University of Washington and the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the author
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