Poet Terrance Hayes On 'The Poetics Of Liquid' Seattle Arts & Lectures finished its most recent poetry series with a visit from multiple award-winning poet Terrance Hayes. Fellow poet Cornelius... John O'Brien
Poet Anastacia Tolbert: 'What To Tell My Sons After Trayvon Martin' Elizabeth Austen presents a piece by poet Anastacia Tolbert, a writer, performance artist and workshop facilitator. She's also a black woman and the... Elizabeth Austen
Jane Hirshfield On Turning To Poetry In Grief Elizabeth Austen speaks with Jane Hirshfield, a fellow poet and long-time practitioner of Zen Buddhism. Hirshfield is the author of eight books of... Elizabeth Austen
Poems Deliver Sunflowers For Fukushima, Foxglove For Oso Marcie Sillman speaks with Washington Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen, who shares two poems about disasters, manmade and natural. Elizabeth Austen
Washington Poet Laureate Reflects On First Year On Job Marcie Sillman speaks with Washington state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen. Over this past year she has visited 24 counties throughout the state... Marcie Sillman
Poet Tod Marshall's 'Three Dreams From The Eastside Of The Mountains' In "Three Dreams from the Eastside of the Mountains," a sprawling, rollickingly Whitmanesque love poem, Tod Marshall summons the wildly various... Elizabeth Austen
Metro Buses Transport Poems To The People If you live in King County, you're surrounded by public artworks: murals, sculptures, fountains — you name it. Art is everywhere in this region. That's... Marcie Sillman
A Poem Anthology For Gutsy Girls If you could go back in time, what would you want to say to your teenage self? Writers Karen Finneyfrock, Rachel McKibbens and Mindy Nettifee decided to... Elizabeth Austen
From Poet To Caregiver: Heather McHugh On New Nonprofit Work Ross Reynolds speaks with Seattle poet Heather McHugh, who is the author of eight volumes of poetry and numerous works of translation. She won a... Ross Reynolds
The View From Here: Perspective From Poet Sam Green Waldron Island poet Sam Green reads two poems from his newest book, "All That Might Be Done." Each in its own way offers the gift of perspective. ... Elizabeth Austen