The West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) Book Club (all are welcome!) we gather at an outdoor table in the back   Event: Discussion of two classic stories that have been adapted into movies. You are invited to view the films and compare them to the stories (if time permits). The books to read are:   Arthur Schnitzler, Dream…

Diode Editions Poetry Readings Poets Lee Ann Roripaugh, Rosanna Young Oh, and Jane Satterfield, and others share recent work. More about the authors— Lee Ann Roripaugh’s fifth volume of poetry, tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), was named a “Best Book of 2019” by the New York Public Library, selected as a poetry…

Diode Editions Poetry Readings Poets Lee Ann Roripaugh, Rosanna Young Oh, and Jane Satterfield, and others share recent work. More about the authors— Lee Ann Roripaugh’s fifth volume of poetry, tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), was named a “Best Book of 2019” by the New York Public Library, selected as a poetry…

Poetry Reading by Marie Marchand, Ellensburg Poet Laureate   Event Description: To celebrate National Poetry Month, Marie will read a selection of poems from her two books, along with new work. Her poetry has been published in Crannóg Magazine, Catamaran Literary Reader, California Quarterly, Paterson Literary Review, Tiny Seed Journal, Tikkun Magazine, and The Awakenings Review. Her…

Author reading of the Grand Promise, by Rebekah Anderson The Grand Promise is about the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in the 1930s, which will be 81 years old on June 1. The Grand Promise Media Kit

West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) book club Discussion of Dead Souls (Russian: «Мёртвые души»), by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature.  Recommended: 1996 translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (published by Pantheon Books).   Meeting outside at an outdoor table behind C & P.…