George R. Wolfe is the founder of both The LaLa Times, dubbed “The Onion for L.A.,” and LA River Expeditions, a group that advocates for endangered rivers. His activist work has been featured in The New York Times, PBS, BBC, and in the documentary Rock the Boat: Saving America’s Wildest River. Wolfe’s first novel, Blake’s […]
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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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John McFarland’s short fiction has appeared in a wide variety of periodicals including: Ararat, Caliban, and Seniority, and the anthologies A Loving Testimony and The Book Club Book. He has contributed arts criticism to The Seattle Weekly, Lights, and Pacific Northwest Magazine, and is author of The Exploding Frog and Other Stories from Aesop. 1997 […]
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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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Alma Johnson’s work has been published in The Seattle Review, where it was a runner-up for the Nelson Bentley Award in 1994, and, in German, in Padagogische Rundschau. She has performed at the Writers in Performance Series sponsored by the Seattle Writers Association and received a 1997 Artist Grant from Seattle Arts Commission. 1997 Writers […]
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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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Tracie Hall is Executive Director of the American Library Association. She previously served as Director, Culture Program at Chicago’s Joyce Foundation. As Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) for the City of Chicago where she oversaw the Arts and Creative Industries Division which included the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, […]
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From the 1998 Jack Straw Writers Anthology: “I was born on the island of Antigua, in the British West Indies. My family then immigrated to the United States twenty years ago. I have since lived in four states, making my home currently in Seattle, for the past three years. As a resident of the Belltown […]
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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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