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Jewell Parker Rhodes Discusses "Magic City"
Join us for a conversation reflecting on the 100th anniversary of one of the most heinous tragedies in American history—the 1921 burning of Greenwood, an affluent black section of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
View Video (01:11:16) | Posted June 2021
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Lynda Mapes And Guests Discuss "Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home"
Join us for a conversation about the history and the future of Orca whales in Puget Sound. This panel conversation will include Jay Julius, former Chairman, Lummi Nation; Deborah Giles, Orca scientist at UW Center for Conservation Biology and Science Director of Wild Orca and Jason Colby, Chairman of the History Department at University of Victoria and author of Orca.
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David B. Williams And Mary Ann Gwinn Discuss "Homewaters"
Join us for a conversation about the human and natural histories in, on, and around Puget Sound.
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Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai With Karl Marlantes Discuss "The Mountains Sing"
Celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s shares her first novel in English, an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War.
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Quiara Alegría Hudes Discusses "My Broken Language"
Join us to hear Hudes, a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, talk about coming of age, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse.
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Jourdan Imani Keith Presents "Womxn & Whales First, Poetry In A Climate Of Change"
Join Seattle Civic Poet Jourdan Imani Keith and six other poets who read work that shows how protecting endangered womxn will protect endangered whales.
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The Nutritionist’s Kitchen With Carly Knowles
The Seattle Public Library and Bastyr University welcome Chef and Nutritionist, Carly Knowles, author of the new book, The Nutritionist's Kitchen, for a conversation with Dr. Tori Hudson.
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Reagan E.J. Jackson Discusses Still Here - A South End Mixtape From An Unexpected Journalist
Join us to celebrate the launch of Still Here - A South End Mixtape from an Unexpected Journalist, a collection of some of Jackson’s most grounded and meaningful work in journalism. (Video contains swearing)
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Michelle Nijhuis And Pam Houston Discuss "Beloved Beasts"
Michelle Nijhuis and Pam Houston talk about the history of the modern conservation movement―told through some of the lives and ideas of the people who built it.
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Adam Hochschild Discusses The Life Of Rose Pastor Stokes
Award-winning author Hochschild discusses the astonishing story of Rose Pastor Stokes, one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time.