Richard Gibbons (1932-2023) was a fiction and non fiction writer and storyteller based in Seattle. He edited for newspapers and magazines, wrote articles for The New Republic and Washington Magazine, and co-wrote and illustrated a volume of folk tales called Tejocote published by Mexico’s Editorial Novaro. Dick also wrote stories for Ellery Queen and songs […]
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Brian Goedde is an assistant professor of English at the Community College of Philadelphia. A graduate of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, he has written personal essays for The New York Times, The Seattle Review, and Full Grown People (The Other Awkward Age), among other publications. Artist Support Program 2003: Record and produce […]
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Stokley Towles tells stories. Venues showing his work have ranged from the sidewalk of the corner of 151st and 8th Ave SW in Burien where story plaques tell a 10,000 year history of that block, to the University of Washington where for two years he acted as a professor and gave lectures to students in […]
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Nancy Redwine’s most recent publications are included in the anthology The New Fuck You (Semiotexte, 1995) and the Fremont Fair chapbook (LD Books). In 1996 she read at the Rendezvous Reading Series and Red and Black Books. 1997 Writers Program
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Kate Miller’s work has been published many places, including the anthology The Persistent Desire (Alyson) and on Seattle Metro buses. She sells books at Red and Black Books and is a former resident of Hedgebrook cottages. 1997 Writers Program
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Eula Little has read at various venues in Seattle, including the Fremont Fair and the SPICE series. 1997 Writers Program
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Amy Halloran’s work has appeared in The Stranger, Women’s Work, and BUST. One of her non-books was included in an exhibit she co-curated, This Is Not a Book at Summer Song Gallery. 1997 Writers Program
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Trisha Ready is a writer and a psychologist. She wrote essays for twenty years for Seattle’s alternative newspaper— The Stranger. Her writing focuses on mental health and music. 1998 Writers Program
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The poet Jamal Gabobe has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington. The Path of Difference is his third poetry book. He has published another book of poetry titled Love and Memory and an Arabic poetry book called Qalb La Yanam. Jamal’s travel essay Termites and Clans was included in the anthology […]
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From the 1998 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I am a twenty-seven year old Chicano, or Mexican-American. I was raised in mostly middle-class white suburban communities where the only other students with Spanish surnames were my siblings. I’m currently a full-time composition and literature professor at Shoreline Community College. I moved to Washington after living in […]
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