Each year the Library hosts readings, lectures, and discussions by authors and other public figures. You may watch video recordings of recent programs on our YouTube channel. Our archive of audio recordings goes back more than 10 years and includes thousands of memorable Library events.
Chris Crutcher: 'Deadline'
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'Mary Randlett Landscapes' A Conversation
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Amanda Diva: 'Young Skin, Wise Mind, Old Soul'
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Ha Jin read from 'A Free Life'
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Daniel Walker Howe: 'What Hath God Wrought'
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Joseph J. Ellis discusses 'American Creation'
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Living Literature Series featuring Robert Frost
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'AfterShock' author Jessie Gruman
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Poets Laurie Lamon and Michele Glazer read
The Library presented a reading with award-winning Pacific Northwest poets Laurie Lamon and Michele Glazer Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Central Library.
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Alice Sebold: 'The Almost Moon'
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