2022 CityArtist
With generous support from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, I will be hosting a reading, conversation, and exhibit of art by Maki at the Parlor and Gallery at Open Books in Seattle:
Join us September 24 from 2-3 in the Parlor at Open Books as we read from recent work and discuss how we experiment with form to render the voices, rhythms, and images of the places that sustain and challenge us.
Leading up to the event, art by Maki will be on display in the Gallery at Open Books.
Maki is a painter, illustrator, and community art facilitator whose work has been shown in Belfast and Japan.
Matt Young is the author of the memoir Eat the Apple (Bloomsbury, 2018) and the forthcoming novel End of Active Service (Bloomsbury, 2024).
Kalehua Kim is a Native Hawaiian poet living in the Seattle area. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Denver Quarterly, Calyx, and ‘Ōiwi, A Native Hawaiian Journal.
The event is free and open to the public.
Resources:
As part of my community engagement, I have created the below resources for writers, counselors, caregivers, and teachers:
a two-page resource on writing about grief and loss (linked)
prompts for writing about the places that sustain and challenge us (linked)
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to discuss how to incorporate the materials into upcoming trainings.
Recent Readings & Author Events
June 9: Lost Horse Press 25th Anniversary Reading, Elliott Bay Book Company, 7 p.m., with Gary Copeland Lilley, Carolyne Wright, Polly Buckingham, Kathryn Hunt, and Maria G. Rewakowic
March 9, 2023: Book Signing, Lost Horse Press, 2023 Association of Writing Programs (AWP) Conference Bookfair.
March 8, 2023: Beerhall Bookfair, Lost Horse Press Spotlight with Letitia Cruz, Kathryn Hunt, Olena Jennings, Gary Lilley, David Rigsbee, and Carolyne Wright. Hosted by Papeachu Press during the 2023 Association of Writing Programs (AWP) Conference.
February 26, 2021: Pongo Poetry Writing Mentor Reading, Redmond Association of Poetry
November 12: Alumni Reading with Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University (virtual)
November 9: Easy Speak, Seattle (virtual)
October 22: Tinydesk with KSPU, Lingua, Seattle Pacific University (virtual)
July 31: Alumni Reading, Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University (virtual)
June 24: Stronger Together: Poets with Lost Horse Press
Teaching
I've worked as a writing instructor for youth and adults in crisis and struggling with mental health issues, both independently and with:
Pongo Poetry Project
Seattle Pacific University
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Rotary Boys & Girls Clubs
L’arche
Friends of the Children
Seattle Parks and Recreation
Seattle Public Schools