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The One Night The Dog Was Good written and read by Nance Van Winckel Nance Van Winckel s most recent collection of poems, which won the Pacific Coast Poetry Award, is Our Foreigner (Beyond Baroque Books, 2016). Other collections of poems include Pacific Walkers (U. of Washington Press, 2013), No Starling (U. of Washington Press, 2007), Beside Ourselves (Miami U. Press, 2000), After a Spell (Miami U. Press, 1998), The Dirt(Miami U. Press, 1994), and Bad Girl, with Hawk (U. of Illinois, 1988).
Ever Yrs, a novel in the form of a scrapbook (Twisted Road Publications, 2014) and Boneland: Linked Stories (U. of Oklahoma Press, 2013). Other books of fiction include ....
Nance Van Winckel reads "Reader, I" by Corey Van Landingham spokanepublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from spokanepublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Personal Memoir of Seattle’s Asian American Community Posted On “My Unforgotten Seattle” by Ron Chew (University of Washington Press) Third-generation Seattleite, historian, journalist, and museum visionary Ron Chew spent more than five decades fighting for Asian American and social justice causes in Seattle. In this deeply personal memoir, he documents the tight-knit community he remembers, describing small family shops, chop suey restaurants, and sewing factories now vanished. He untangles the mystery of his extended family’s journey to America during the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Intimate profiles of his parents a waiter and garment worker and leaders like Bob Santos, Ruth Woo, Al Sugiyama, Roberto Maestas, and Kip Tokuda are set against the familiar backdrop of local landmarks such as Sick’s Stadium, Kokusai Theatre, Shorey’s Bookstore, Higo Variety Store, Hong Kong Restaurant, and Chubby &Tubby. ....
Recognition for Long-Overlooked Figures in Nikkei History Posted On “The Unsung Great: Stories of Extraordinary Japanese Americans” by Greg Robinson (University of Washington Press) From a title-winning boxer in Louisiana to a Broadway baritone in New York, Japanese Americans have long belied their popular representation as “quiet Americans.” Showcasing the lives and achievements of relatively unknown but remarkable people in Nikkei history, scholar and journalist Greg Robinson reveals the diverse experiences of Japanese Americans and explores a wealth of themes, including mixed-race families, artistic pioneers, mass confinement, civil rights activism, and queer history. Drawn primarily from Robinson’s popular writings in the San Francisco newspaper ....
Finding resilience in the Pacific Northwest’s historic hurdles Why the latest Mossback’s Northwest special focused on the times Washington state has bounced back from adversity. by For this year s Mossback special, our video team headed to the Museum of Flight. (Stephen Hegg/Crosscut) It has been a rough last year, no question. We’ve been dealing with political turmoil, a pandemic, economic difficulties and still trying to get through the challenges of workdays and personal lives, often in isolation. I love history, the good and the bad. It gives me context and perspective. It holds lessons. Last summer, when meeting with Stephen Hegg, the producer of the ....