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APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SCRIBES TEEN WRITING CAMPS
Do you know a teen writer looking to find kindred spirits? Look no further than Scribes, Hugo House's two-week summer camp with awesome writer-instructors, field trips and museum exploration galore, and scholarships for those who need them. Plus, two of the camps are at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) and EMP Museum!
Read new work from one of our teen writers, Henrietta Hadley, on the blog.
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WORD WORKS: DANIEL HANDLER ON WRITING AS BURGLARY
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March 3, 7 pm, $5–12
In a recent Q&A with Seattle's ParentMap, Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) said of his upcoming Word Works on stealing things for your own writing: "I would encourage open betting on the number of unsatisfying digressions I will take during my talk." Start betting, and we'll see you there!
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AN EVENING WITH NEW YORKER STAFF WRITER SUSAN ORLEAN
March 10, 7 pm, $5–10 adv., $10–15 at the door
Acclaimed nonfiction writer and journalist Susan Orlean will perform a "writerly autopsy" of one of her pieces — a fascinating exercise for both writers and readers, showing how a piece is researched, compiled, and written.
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MARGINALIA: AN EVENT ON REVISION
March 8, 7 pm, free
Acclaimed novelists Dana Spiotta and Adrianne Harun — along with author, filmmaker, and local ne'er-do-well Ramon Isao — will take the audience on a trip through the landscape of their respective tips and tricks for revision, offering advice and commiseration along the way.
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EMPTY BOWL PRESS READING
This year is the fortieth anniversary of Empty Bowl. Come celebrate with a weekend happy hour as Michael Daley, Judith Roche, and Tim McNulty share new readings with old friends. Emceed by Bob Rose, a noted environmental activist, board member of Skagit River Poetry Festival, and longtime friend of all three readers.
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FROM HAIKU TO COLLAGE, A BODY-BASED POETICS, WITH JUDY HALEBSKY
Co-sponsored by the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry, free event
Judy Halebsky will give a talk on Basho’s teachings and how the aesthetic practice of haiku have shaped her work in lyric and free-verse poetry. This will include writing from a dream space/the unconscious and writing as a somatic process. Q&A to follow with Angela Terry of Haiku Northwest. Books will be for sale from Open Books.
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MORE EVENTS!
So many events.
Feb. 25: Cheap Beer & Prose
Feb. 26: Hedgebrook's V-Day Event
Feb. 27: Radical Empathy: The Role of Compassion in Our Global Economy (Sunil Yapa and Peter Mountford at Search for Meaning Book Festival)
March 1: Ask the Oracle featuring Roberto Ascalon, Megan Kruse, and Imani Sims
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