Lauri Conner is a Cave Canem fellow whose poems have appeared in Sou’wester, Seattle Review, and other journals and anthologies, including The Ringing Ear. She holds a PhD and an MFA from the University of Washington and has taught at Cornish College of the Arts, Antioch University, Seattle Academy, and Seattle Central College. She is the Head of School at Lake Washington Girls Middle School.
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
