Laura Da’ is a poet and public school teacher. A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Da’ studied creative writing at the University of Washington and The Institute of American Indian Arts. Da’ is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. Her first chapbook, The Tecumseh Motel, was published in Effigies II. The University of Arizona Press will publish her first full-length manuscript, Tributaries, in 2015. Da’ lives near Seattle with her husband and son.
Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series - virtual reading
With Lana Hechtman Ayers, Jamaica Baldwin, Danielle Bero, Sharon Carter, Larry Crist, Jory Mickelson, and Emily Pérez
Monday, November 18, 6:00pm
Join on Zoom at 6pm PDT. Free.
Jack Straw on Zoom
Josephine Ensign: Homelessness and the Meaning of Home
Jack Straw Writer Josephine Ensign talks about the historical roots of homelessness and lessons we can learn from them.
Tuesday, November 19, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Jack Straw Writers at RASP Reading Series
Featuring Gabriel Moseley, Mary Pan, and McKenna Princing
Friday, November 22, 6:15pm
Reading starts at 6:30pm. Free.
Centro Cultural Mexicano
Putsata Reang: Resisting Erasure through Storytelling
Putsata Reang discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure.
Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Shin Yu Pai: Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life
In this talk enriched by audio clips, Pai shares intimate stories from Asian American communities drawn from two seasons of her chart-topping podcast.
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
An anthology and reading from Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles celebrating the first twenty years of the Jack Straw Writers Program, 1997-2016
