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J. Ryan Stradal

J. Ryan Stradal is the author of the New York Times bestseller Kitchens of the Great Midwest, the national bestseller The Lager Queen of Minnesota, and the forthcoming novel Saturday

Walter Simon

Since 1960 I'veĀ worked inĀ Seattle after two years learning my trade on Madison Avenue. By 1975 after writing PR for theĀ Pacific Science Center which gainedĀ international publications, understoodĀ it was time to workĀ for

Alma Garcia

Alma Garcia is the author of All That Rises (University of Arizona Press, 2023). Her short fiction has appeared as an award-winner in Narrative Magazine, Enizagam, Passages North, and Boulevard;

Dilruba (Ruba) Ahmed

Dilruba Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry Series, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020). Her debut book of poetry, Dhaka Dust (Graywolf Press), won the Bakeless

Isabella Bravo

Bella Bravo is a writer new to Seattle. They earned an MFA in fiction from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2022. Their stories and essays have appeared in NY