Triggering Town News Today

Steven Dietzs works are widely produced across the county. The part-time Seattleite lets us in on what hes reading (and the importance of having cookbooks).

This year's best albums were made by big rock bands, new-age pop stars, and a whole mess of indie darlings.

This year's best albums were made by big rock bands, new-age pop stars, and a whole mess of indie darlings.

Derek Sheffield interviews Ross Gay, acclaimed poet and essayist whose new collection is The Book of (More) Delights (Algonquin Books).

In this mini episode of ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn sits down with author Anne “Annie” Lamott to talk about her seminal book on the craft of writing (and living), ‘Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life’ (Anchor Books), and about maintaining hope—during the writing process, yes, but also in a time of climate crisis and during political and social upheaval.

<p>Small towns of Washington, Oregon and especially Montana “triggered” or inspired many of the major poems of Richard Hugo.  From each place, he drew images that led to memorable works “that capture the torque between temperament and terrain that is so vital in any consideration of place,” according to Seattle writing professor and poet Frances McCue.</p><p>McCue, founding director of the Seattle’s Richard Hugo House, retraced Hugo’s odyssey and revisited t...

This week during The Write Question, Idaho-based poet and essayist Robert Wrigley talks to trees. (And to Lauren! About the difference between poetry and prose, about fatherhood, about music, and more!)