Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Terrance Hayes

May 1st, 2018 - Posted in

March’s first guest author, Terrance Hayes, is the author of Lighthead, Wind in a Box, Hip Logic, Muscular Music, and a winner of multiple awards, including the coveted Guggenheim Fellowship.  His new collection of poems, How To Be Drawn, is forthcoming from Penguin in 2015.

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Dmitry Orlov

April 28th, 2018 - Posted in

Dmitry Orlov was born in Leningrad, USSR, into an academic family, and emigrated to the US in the mid-1970s. He holds degrees in Computer Engineering and Linguistics, and has worked in a variety of fields, including high-energy physics, Internet commerce, network security and advertising. Starting in 2005, Dmitry has published hundreds of articles, two books […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – David Macek

April 12th, 2018 - Posted in

David Macek is the Executive Director of Northwest Earth Institute, a sustainability organization that provides innovative social and digital tools designed to change the way individuals live in and interact with natural and built environments. For 15 years, he has led transformation-centered nonprofits focusing on critical issues relating to environment, culture, and leadership. David has a B.S. in Mathematics […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Lynann Politte

March 15th, 2018 - Posted in

Lynann Politte, directed and produced The Vagina Monologues on Vashon in 2002 and 2003. She mounted her original one-woman show Eve Was Framed in 2009. Having worked 25 years in the US and Europe as a corporate planner and marketer, Lynann currently is a brand strategist and promoter for experts, authors, thought leaders, and creative folks.

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Don Stuart

February 24th, 2018 - Posted in

For those of you who’d like to meet Don Stuart in person, he will be at the Vashon Bookshop on Tuesday, February 27 at 6:00 p.m. to talk about and read from his new novel, Final Adjournment: A Washington Statehouse Mystery. Don’s presentation will show how the story of a professional lobbyist struggling to deal with the murder […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Katie Goodman

January 8th, 2018 - Posted in

Katie Goodman is an award-winning musical comic, actress, author, creative coach, and social activist. She has been seen on Showtime’s The Green Room With Paul Provenza, on Current TV as a pundit, is a featured blogger for The Huffington Post, has contributed to O, The Oprah Magazine and is the author of Improvisation For The Spirit and the new funny children’s book, The Night Our Parents Went […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Mary Holland

December 1st, 2017 - Posted in

  Mary Holland is Research Scholar and Director of the Graduate Lawyering Program at NYU School of Law.  She has written several law review articles and blog posts on vaccine law and policy and is the co-author and co-editor of the book Vaccine Epidemic (Skyhorse Pub. 2011 and 2012).  She has testified on vaccine matters […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Bill Fletcher, Jr

October 30th, 2017 - Posted in

  Bill Fletcher Jr has been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college he went to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement. Over the years he has been active in workplace and community struggles as well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions […]

    Peternelle van Arsdale I’m a book editor turned young adult novelist. I still love to edit, but I’ve discovered that I like to make up my own stories even more than I like to fix other people’s. It’s less stressful. Also, I’m controlling, and I pretty much get to say what goes in […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Matthew Dickerson

October 11th, 2017 - Posted in

    Matthew Dickerson Matthew Dickerson is author of fiction including both medieval historic heroic romance and also fantasy literature. He has also published works of creative narrative non-fiction, especially in the nature writing, fly-fishing, and environmental and genres. And he has written books about fantasy literature, especially focusing on environmental and philosophical aspects of […]