Nancy Pearl Looks At History Through The Eyes Of Poets Marcie Sillman talks with librarian Nancy Pearl about a unique way of transmitting history: through poetry of the era. Pearl's reading recommendation... Marcie Sillman
The Fields On Fire: Northwest Poets On Wildfires Among the three firefighters who lost their lives last month fighting the wildfires in Okanogon was one with a connection to poetry. Tom Zbyszewski, 20,... Elizabeth Austen
Tracing Northwest Grit Through Richard Hugo's Poetry Seattle’s Richard Hugo House is a literary center in a large wood-frame house, just east of Cal Anderson Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The... Marcie Sillman
Poet Quenton Baker On America's Black/White Split Elizabeth Austen talks with Marcie Sillman about a new chapbook from Seattle poet and teacher Quenton Baker. Baker peels back layers of language to... Elizabeth Austen
Meet Seattle's First Civic Poet: Claudia Castro Luna Seattle’s first-ever civic poet sees fertile ground for verse in this city’s “time of transition” amid rapid growth. Claudia Castro Luna, appointed... Jason Pagano
Leaving The Convent And Finding Passion Through Poetry Madeline DeFrees published her first poem at the age of 12. It was called “Sympathy,” written for a Portland newspaper poetry contest. Marcie Sillman
A Nurse Offers An Elegy For Her Patient For the past five years, Martha Kreiner, a registered nurse and a poet, has tended to the medical needs of people living on Seattle's streets through... Elizabeth Austen
Meet Seattle's First Youth Poet Laureate Seattleites love their poetry. The city is home to one of the nation's few poetry-only bookstores, Open Books, in the Wallingford neighborhood. The... Marcie Sillman
Courtship On The American Frontier Imagined By Modern Poet Over the past couple of decades, Jana Harris has written a series of poetry collections that blend exhaustive research with "documentary imagination,"... Elizabeth Austen
Seattle Is Getting A Poetic New Post Marcie Sillman speaks with Elizabeth Austen, Washington state poet laureate, about a new poetry post in Seattle. The city will name a civic poet for... Kate O'Connell