Archives: Teachers/Speakers

Dave Nolet is a Northwest Upright Jazz Bass player and sometimes guitar and bossa nova singer. He performs jazz throughout the Northwest and performs in The Jazz Train. Formerly a

Ben Wheeler is Seattle-born and started playing classical guitar at age 10. Alongside a 40-year career as a classroom teacher, school administrator, curriculum developer, and wilderness guide, Ben has played

Cindy Williams Gutiérrez is a poet, playwright, producer, educator and artistic collaborator. She is the author of three poetry collections and five produced plays. Her awards include: 2025 Humanities Washington

Greg Stump has been a regular contributor to The Stranger for more than a decade. He is the co-creator of the comic book series Urban Hipster, a former writer and editor

Taneum Bambrick is the author of Intimacies, Received (Copper Canyon Press, Sept 27th 2022) and Vantage, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Award (American Poetry Review 2019). She received support from Bread Loaf Writers'

Ashley Adair is the owner and founder of Beguiled Books, Seattle's original romance bookstore. She launched the business as a mobile 'booktique' in a renovated cargo trailer before expanding into

Elwin L. Wirkala grew up in Naselle, Washington, where he developed an early passion for poetry inspired by Henley’s Invictus and his parents’ readings of the Bible. While studying English