6:00 PM – Poems of Night: Some Forms: Workshop
Richard Hugo House, Classroom
Do you know what a sestina is? How about a ghazal? In this introduction to the world of poetic forms led by writer-in-residence Ed Skoog, learn to work within a structure to create pieces in which construction and content come together as a powerful whole. Limitations and constraints oftentimes lead to the best work, so put down your free verse and try some poetry from the skeleton out. FREE. *This workshop is for TEENS ONLY. [Source: RHH]
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7:00 PM – Mary Jane Knecht, Stacey Levine, Melinda Mueller, & special guests: Looking Together: Writers on Art
UW Bookstore, U-District
A collection of short pieces by local authors who were asked to write in reaction to a piece in the permanent collection of the Frye Art Museum. We will welcome the incomparable prose writer, Stacey Levine, and the equally talented poet Melinda Mueller to read their submissions to the collection. There will also be some as of yet unidentified special guests. [Source: UW Bookstore]
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7:00 PM – Melissa Marr: Fragile Eternity
Barnes & Noble University Village
“Aislinn and Seth struggle with the unforeseen consequences of Aislinn’s transformation from mortal girl to faery queen as the world teeters on the brink of cataclysmic violence.” Sequel to Wicked Lovely, a surprisingly good YA debut novel. Marr’s characters are interesting and her take on Urban Fantasy is gritty and unique. Hopefully, the sequel lives up to Marr’s other novels. (Not a sequel, but set in the same universe, is Ink Exchange.]
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7:00 PM – Tamim Ansary and Stephen Zunes: Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
Stephen Zunes is an associate professor of politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. Tinderbox looks at freedom and dominance post 9-11. [Source: UW Bookstore]
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7:00 PM – Warren St. John: Outcasts United: A Refugee Soccer Team, an American Town
SPL Central Library, Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium
“A brilliant and empathetic depiction of our common quest for meaning and happiness. Warren St. John invites us into the lives of a community of refugees, their bewildered neighbors in a small town, and a Jordanian woman who not only coaches but also mentors, mothers and inspires some remarkable boys, to create a heartwarming tale about the transformations that occur when our disparate lives connect.” – Ishmael Beah. “Truly unforgettable, Outcasts United offers a stirring lesson in the power of a single person to transform the lives of many. It’s an incisive window into the world ahead for all of us …” – Reza Aslan
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7:30 PM – Michael Perry: Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
Elliott Bay Book Co.
In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.
Last seen sleeping off his wedding night in the back of a 1951 International Harvester pickup, Michael Perry is now living in a rickety Wisconsin farmhouse. Faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home, Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood—his city-bred parents took in more than a hundred foster children while running a ramshackle dairy farm—for clues on how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father. [Source: Elliott Bay Books]
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7:30 PM – Stage Fright: Open Mic
Richard Hugo House Cabaret
Hugo House’s open mic for writers 14-24. [Source: ]
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