Archives: Teachers/Speakers

BJ (He/Him) has had the great good fortune to have lived in five countries where he has worked as a farm labourer, sewer-pipe manufacturer, draughtsman, upholsterer’s helper, bar cashier, youth

Abie Ekenezar (Va/Them) is an actress, singer, screenwriter and director living in Seattle, WA with an extensive background resume and has been in the entertainment industry professionally with IMDB credits

Diverse in ethnicities, experiences, and careers, Hiromi Cota (They/She) is an Indigenous Okinawan and Yaeyaman, as well as a Mexican, Japanese, and Swedish American. Hiromi has been a special operations

Jeremiah (He/Him) has spent the last four decades on and around stages all over the Pacific Northwest, doing everything from writing, producing, and performing in original fantasy rock operas, swinging

Douglas the Beerbarian (He/Him) is an axe throwing, mead slinging, and dice rolling viking, cowboy, and adventurer with a 26-year career in the alcohol beverage industry. He's wrangled horses in

Bill Carty is the author of Huge Cloudy (Octopus Books, 2019), which was long-listed for The Believer Book Award, and We Sailed on the Lake, published by Bunny Presse/Fonograf Editions

Michael Keen (he/him) has an MFA from Syracuse University and an MSW from Columbia University. His first novel, Notes from the Trauma Party, was published by Tailwinds Press in 2023.