Carla Shafer, 1964 student of William Stafford, writes poems addressing intersections of social justice, climate crisis, family and personal life with local and historical images. She founded the Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater Open Mic (1991), and co-founded World Peace Poets, which sponsors an International World Peace Poetry Postcard Exchange since February 2016. She holds a […]
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Brian Dang (they/them) is a Vietnamese/Chinese playwright/poet/teaching artist based in Duwamish Territory (Seattle). Brian is a proud resident playwright at Parley. Brian’s artistic homes include Seattle’s Writers in the Schools and Arts Corps. For Brian, writing is an act of envisioning an eventual communing, an opportunity to freeze time as we know it, and a […]
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Julene Tripp Weaver, a psychotherapist and writer in Seattle, worked in AIDS services for twenty-one years; she’s certified in the Wise Woman Tradition and wildcrafts to make herbal remedies. Her third poetry collection, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, won the Bisexual Book Award and four Human Relations Indie Book […]
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Geri Gale (she/her) writes and draws at night and on the weekends. Her award-winning books include In the Closet: A Triad (American Fiction Award, LGBTQ+ Fiction Finalist; IAN Book of the Year, LGBTQ+ Fiction Finalist; A Notable 100 Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book; Foreword Indies Book Award, LGBTQ+ Fiction Finalist); Patrice: […]
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Arni Adler crosses arts disciplines regularly. As a long-ago graduate of Bennington College (known for its “institutionalized creativity”), Arni has worked in theater, music, film, visual art, multi-media, and creative writing. As a stalwart fan of the trio format, she is a founding and current member of the super-harmony trios Uncle Bonsai and her ninth […]
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Melanie Noel is the author of The Monarchs, published by Stockport Flats in 2013. Her poems have appeared in Weekday, LVNG, La Norda Especialo, and THE ARCADIA PROJECT. She’s also written poems for short films and installations, and co-curated APOSTROPHE, a dance, music, and poetry series, with musician Gust Burns and dancers Michèle Steinwald and […]
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David Schmader is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the U.S. He’s also an associate editor of The Stranger, the Seattle newsweekly for which he’s written the pop culture-and-politics column “Last Days” since 1998. In his spare time, he’s the world’s foremost authority […]
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Barbara Earl Thomas is a noted painter and writer. She has artwork in collections throughout the U.S. In 1998-2000 she received the Seattle Arts Commission award for new creative non-fiction. Her essays have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. Storm Watch: The Art of Barbara Earl Thomas was published in spring 1998 by the University […]
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Since graduating from the University of Washington with a BA in Multicultural Studies, Rosaia Shepard has worked as an entertainment consultant, movie critic, actor, and writer. Ms. Shepard worked on the sets of several movies including Boys on the Side and Desert Bloom. In June of 2000 she earned the Certificate in Screenwriting from the […]
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Peter Pereira is a family physician in South Seattle, and a founding editor of Floating Bridge Press. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The Nation, Poetry East, North Dakota Quarterly, Willow Springs, and Seattle Review. He won a 1997 “Discovery”/The Nation award, and was a finalist in the 1998 National Poetry Series. […]
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