The Washington Center for the Book administers the annual Washington State Book Awards (formerly the Governor’s Writers Awards), given for outstanding books published by Washington authors the previous year. Join the Seattle Public Library for the 50th year of the Washington State Book Awards on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, 7 to 9 p.m. at the …
Ann Pancake Writes about: How particles of identity shift in response to particles in the environment. Has published: A brilliant novel and two books of stories, including wrenching depictions of mountaintop removal and hydrofracking. Thinks art: “Transforms the hurt into something beautiful.” Congratulations to Seattle author Ann Pancake on her nomination for a 2015 Genius …
During my four residencies at the Rainier Writing Workshop, the MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University, I attended upwards of twenty-five excellent morning craft talks by our faculty. Only once did the audience simultaneously rise to give a standing ovation to the speaker – when Ann Pancake spoke about the importance of infusing art with …
