Lisa Michaels is the author of Split: A Counterculture Childhood, selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Her work has appeared in Glamour, Salon, and the New York Times Magazine. She has been a contributing editor at The Threepenny Review and an associate faculty member at the low-residency MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles.
Jack Straw Writers at the Downtown Seattle Public Library
Curator Nisi Shawl hosts a group reading of the 2024 Jack Straw Writers.
Saturday, November 2, 2:00pm
2pm. Free.
Seattle Public Library, Central Branch
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
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 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
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 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
