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by Andrew Moreno Lilac City Fairy Tales is back! The event returns to the Bing Crosby Theater this Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14. The reading, which features eleven award-winning local writers and two musicians, is a fundraiser for INK Art Space, a Spokane area nonprofit that works to provide arts education to Spokane’s low-income and … Read more
by Alex Baker In the past few years, the stretch of once gravelly and grassy rubble in West Central Spokane between the court house and the Spokane River has become a thriving neighborhood known for food, wine, and— best of all— creativity. Kendall Yards is embracing art in amazing ways. INK Art Space is driving … Read more
by Alex Baker In yet another indication of how strong Spokane’s literary arts community has grown, we’ll soon be treated to an event featuring three current and former Poet Laureates, all Spokane authors! On Thursday, February 18th from 7:00PM- 8:00PM, Auntie’s will host current Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall, current Spokane Poet Laureate Laura … Read more
by Alex Baker On Thursday, January 28th Auntie’s Bookstore will be holding a Zine Panel Discussion at 7:00 PM. Hold on, wait, zine? Yep, a Zine. A Zine is usually a self-published work of original content— such as narrative pieces, poetry, comics, and photos that touch on a broad range of topics such as intersectional … Read more
by Makayla Wamboldt This time of year, the words of Whitman, Rossetti, Coleridge, Dickinson, Keats, and many others will find a new voice as thousands of high school students participate in Poetry Out Loud competitions across the nation. Poetry Out Loud is an annual recitation contest that encourages youth to not only learn great poetry, … Read more
by Alex Baker Tod Marshall is Washington State’s new Poet Laureate. And my professor. I was first in Dr. Marshall’s Writing for Poetry class in Spring 2015. We were a tight knit group— able to joke around, but also critically discuss each other’s work. Dr. Marshall played the role of mediator, observing and occasionally speaking, … Read more
Novelist and short-story writer Manuel Gonzales is coming to Gonzaga on Wednesday, January 27th. He’ll be reading at the Cataldo Globe Room at 7:30 as part of the Gonzaga Visiting Writers Series. I’ve already marked my calendar, and you ought to mark yours too. Gonzales used to co-own the Clarksville Pie Company in Austin, Texas, … Read more
by Lydia Mulligan It’s back again! The 5th annual Pie and Whiskey reading will be held Thursday, April 14th at the Spokane Woman’s Club. When I was at the event last year, it was so much fun. Nothing goes together like pie and whiskey. Homemade huckleberry, strawberry, blueberry pies, among too many more to name, … Read more
Written by Erin Leigh Paul Harding and Nance Van Winckel are upcoming featured authors in the spring Visiting Writers Series. Their event will include a reading, Q&A and book signing at 7:00pm on April 14, 2016.* All readings are free and open to the public. About the Authors Paul Harding is the author … Read more
“I try to explain to my students that when writing magic, you have to ground the reader in elements of reality, ways for the reader to relate to and empathize with.” -Lily Hoang Lily Hoang is a writer of experimental fiction. She has described her books as “Oulipian games,” named after Oulipo, a French literary … Read more
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