When poet and poetry teacher Jane Wong first moved to Seattle she immediately paid a visit to Open Books, an all-poetry bookstore in Wallingford. “It’s a super important place,” she said. “That was a ...

David Nikki Crouse, director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington says they have seen an explosion in the Seattle poetry scene in the last few years. “I go to a lot of ...

Five years ago, Wave Books, a Seattle-based poetry publisher, got its start. Launching a poetry-only publishing house was a leap of faith, says Wave Books editor Joshua Beckman, powered by a lot of ...

VISCON CELLARS: This West Seattle winery’s friendly tasting room/wine bar is open Thursdays, 5-9 pm (5910 California SW; WSB ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian’s perspective. You can find these ...

April is National Poetry Month — and in Seattle, at least, the celebration is ending with a bang, not a whimper. Those not averse to verse have a multitude of events to choose from next week, ...

In this week's book section of the paper, after writing about two programs intended to celebrate Seattle poetry that don't quite work, I wrote: Having a strong poetry scene in Seattle is, to my mind, ...

Something's happening here in poetry. What seemed a budding verse scene five years ago has blossomed into a remarkable flowering beyond the usual small corps of poetry devotees. Seattle is now alive ...

Elizabeth Austen talks to Seattle poet Faiza Sultan and poet and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha about how Sultan uses her poetry to bridge cultures. Sultan is the founder of Darsafi, a local ...

Daemond Arrindell wants to change the world. Not through the ballot box or protest marches. Arrindell’s weapon is poetry. He uses his words to touch individual lives, particularly the lives of young ...