Narratives of Pain is a storytelling showcase geared towards community-centered healing. Each showcase features a collection of brave storytellers who share about personal pain, in the presence of supportive community. Stories range in subject matter and form, focused on the needs of each person. The Narratives of Pain structure honors both storytellers and witnesses (i.e.

Castalia is a monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Washington MFA program. Doors open at 7:45pm; readings begin at 8pm. Hear readings from Jordyn Murray (MFA student), Phillip Russell (MFA student), Boston Chandler (MFA student), Kym Littlefield (MFA student), and David Crouse (faculty; prose).

Join acclaimed poet Morgan Parker as she reads from her latest collection, Magical Negro. Magical Negro (Tin House Books, 2019) is an archive of Black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral grief, and an inventory of figureheads, idioms, and customs. Focused primarily on depictions of Black womanhood alongside personal narratives, the collection tackles