Future Uncertain For Open Books, Seattle's Poetry-Only Bookstore Bill Radke talks with former Washington state poet laureate Elizabeth Austin about Open Books, a poetry-only bookstore in Seattle. The owners of Open Bo... Bill Radke Andy Hurst
From Insecure Kid To Washington State's Poet Laureate If you want to be Washington State’s poet laureate, you have to apply for the job, the same way you’d apply to be a teacher or a bookkeeper. Marcie Sillman
Washington Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen Says Goodbye To The Job Elizabeth Austen hadn't given much thought to the state poet laureate job until a few years ago. That changed after several friends urged Austen, a poe... Marcie Sillman
For Black Boys: 'You Are Beautiful' “Black boys bleed every month.” Those words came to Leija Farr as she saw her dad, enraged, watching the news of another police shooting of a black man.... Leija Farr
Seattle Arab-American Poet Seeks To 'Remind Us Of The Human' Washington state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen presents two poems by Seattle-based poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Fragment" and "Running Orders." Tuffaha... Elizabeth Austen
Local Poet On Trying To Hold On To Love's Beginning Washington state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen presents a "darkly beautiful love poem" from Tacoma-based poet Rick Barot. In his poem "After Darwish,"... Elizabeth Austen
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
