Archives: Teachers/Speakers

Allison Ellis’ writing has been published in The New York Times, The Ploughshares blog, Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Amazon Original Stories, SELF, Marie Claire, Redbook, and The 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

USAMA LALI is a Pakistani writer working with English, Urdu and Punjabi, currently finishing his second year at the UW MFA program on the prose track. He is a recipient

MARTHA RYAN is a writer and educator who is just about to have an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington, Seattle. Her work tends to ignore genre

ANTHONY WARNKE’s poetry has been featured on Verse Daily and has appeared in Cimarron Review, North American Review, and Salt Hill, among other journals. His chapbook, Super Worth It, was selected for the

JESSICA RAE BERGAMINO is the author of UNMANNED, winner of Noemi Press' Poetry Prize, as well as chapbooks from dancing girl press and Sundress Publications. Once she files some paperwork, she'll hold

Shelby Natasha is a songwriter and music producer in Seattle, Washington. Growing up between China and the Pacific Northwest, her music is heavily influenced by both cultures, landing in a space

Chiku Nance is a chamoru artist & engineer.

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, jean mann picked up the guitar in 1995. A self-taught Americana singer-songwriter, she has released eight original records; performing on tenor and acoustic guitars,