Writers hear a lot about the struggles involved in writing the first book. But what about the next—or the one after that? Two poets (Ryo Yamaguchi and Rebecca Wadlinger), an essayist (Kevin O'Rourke), and a fiction writer (Jesse Donaldson) from the Pacific Northwest read new work and discuss the joys and pains of working on
For the 2018–19 season of Hugo Literary Series — the first in our new home — we're looking back to look forward and asking the writers and musicians to create new things from the old. Each event within the series takes its theme from an iconic book — those whose titles have a resonance beyond
Irina Reyn, award-winning author of What Happened to Anna K and The Imperial Wife, will read from her new novel Mother Country, which tackles themes of cultural division, immigration laws, and the powerful bond between a mother and the daughter she’s been separated from. Reyn will be joined by Carol Cassella—bestselling author of the novels Gemini,
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