RAVEN CHRONICLES PRESS & JACK STRAW CULTURAL CENTER
present
A Reading & Reception, Celebrating a new book & CD:
Words From the Café
with MC/Host Anna Bálint
October 7, 2016, Friday, 7:00pm., Free
Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E. University District, Seattle
Readings by:
• Johnnie Powell
• Taumstar
• Angel Ybarra
• Bang Nguyen
• Megan McInnis
• Tamar Hirsch
• Donald W. Butler
• Steve Torres
• Esmeralda Hernandez
• Mary Jo El-Wattar
Every Friday at Seattle’s Recovery Café, people struggling with addiction or mental illness or homelessness come together in Anna Bálint’s Safe Place Writing Circle to write and share writing. Here they discover their own unique voices and ways of shaping language to write stories and poems as part of reclaiming their lives. Anna’s 2015 residency with the Artist Support Program at Jack Straw, and funding from 4Culture, made it possible to capture some of the magic that takes place each week in Words From the Café, a book/CD compilation. These are voices that need to be heard. Their literary diversity and range of human experience fly in the face of prevailing stereotypes of some of the most marginalized members of our society.
Thanks to Recovery Café, 4Culture, Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles for making this program possible. Contact Information: ravenchronicles.org
206.941.2955, editors@ravenchronicles.org, Mailing address: 15528 12th Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155