Convergence Writers Series

Convergence Writers Series

2008-09
Sam Green, Washington State Poet Laureate
Susan Rich, poet

2002-03 
Scott Poole, poet
Anna Linzer, fiction
Martha Silano, poet
Lesley Hazleton, nonfiction
Pramila Jayapal, nonfiction (co-sponsored with lecture series)

2003-04
Robert Michael Pyle, nature writer  (co-sponsored with Write on the Sound)
Bethany Reid, poet
Dan Hurley, fiction
Sharon Hashimoto, fiction
Greg Van Belle, fiction/nonfiction
David Shields, fiction

2004-05
Pete Fromm, fiction
Shawn Wong, fiction
Brenda Miller, nonfiction
Marcia Woodard, nonfiction/fiction

2005-06
Jim Bertolino/Anita Boyle, poets
Karen Fisher, fiction
Brian McGuigan, poet, and Christine Freeland, poet (Valentine’s Day Reading with open mic)
Clemens Starck, poet
Stacey Levine, fiction, and Louisa Peck, fiction, plus open mic        
         
2006-07
Craig Lesley, fiction
Stephanie Kallos, fiction
Esseboe Kwami Nyamidie, poet; A.K. Allin, poet; and Laura Gamache, poet (Valentine’s Day Reading with open mic)
William Dietrich, journalist
                            
2007-08
Nassim Assefi, fiction
Holly Hughes, poet
Carol Guess, poet/fiction/nonfiction (National Coming Out Day), plus Open Mic
Colleen McElroy, poet
Amanda Laughtland, poet
Ann Pancake, fiction

Hands-on Writing Workshops:
Co-sponsored by Student Programs

2007-08
Mary Boone, journalist, “How Do I Get Published?”
Candace Wilson, memoir/nonfiction, “How Do I Write about My Life?”
B.T. Shaw, “How Do I Publish My Poetry?”

2008-9
Rebecca Brown, fiction/nonfiction, “Writing Haibun”