Reading – Frances McCue

February 3, 2007

Frances McCue is an award-winning poet, inspiring speaker and self-described literary activist. In this podcast, McCue does a live reading for the 2006 May Reading Series.

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Reading Aloud with Both Ears Open – Larry Laurence

January 30, 2007

Welcome to the first ever Jack Straw produced podcast! In this debut podcast poet Larry Laurence reads from a series of poems entitled Reading Aloud with Both Ears Open at the 2006 Jack Straw Writers Program Reading Series. This performance was recorded with a live audience during the Spring of 2006 at Jack Straw in […]

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2005 Writers Program: Fredda Jaffe & Anna Bálint

March 1, 2006

On war: Anna Bálint’s short story “No Parents on the Platform” is a narrative about the evacuation of children from London during World War II, and poet Fredda Jaffe examines the “culture of war” from many perspectives. From our 2005 Jack Straw Writers Program series of radio pieces, co-produced with KUOW.

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2005 Writers Program: Steve Hernandez Effingham & Brenda Givens

February 1, 2006

Class and Conflict: Steve Hernandez Effingham reads from his forthcoming novel tracing the development of jazz and racial conflict in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, and Brenda Givens reads poems of contemporary conflict. From our 2005 Jack Straw Writers Program series of radio pieces, co-produced with KUOW.

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