Seattle Story Project

Read previous Seattle Story Project pieces in our archive.

First-person reflections published at KUOW.org. These are essays, stories told on stage, photos and zines. To submit a story — or note one that deserves more notice — contact Isolde Raftery at iraftery@kuow.org or 206-616-2035.

From the archive:

I thought I was a Mexican chola girl — then I met my dad

We photographed Ericka when she was a sex worker. This is her life now

He met his first love in Seattle's south end. He lost her there, too

The first time a man hurt me, I was 8. My story isn't unusual

A man shouts racial slurs in a Seattle Starbucks. The silence is deafening

A Young Irish Mom's Painful Decision

I escaped Nazi Germany. I see its ideology alive in America today

My mom's mental illness told through photos

The Grief I Chose: Placing My Baby For Adoption

Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox And My 7-Year-Old Daughter

I Didn't Kill Benjamin Ng, But Maybe I Should Have

‘Is There a Problem?’ That Scary Brown Man And White Privilege

The boy in cell no. 7 at King County juvenile jail