SHERI-D WILSON
Sunday,7:30 - 8:45pm
Alberta action-poet Sheri-D Wilson offers intense and erotically charged poetry with strong feminist content and witty but blunt observations. Her performance style has been called some of the most coherant ranting you will ever hear.
YOUNG WRITERS SHOWCASE
Friday, 1:00 - 2:00pm
Young writers from four area high schools read their fresh work. Davia Brown, Mary Bul, Kiera Clarke, Ryan Dunn, Jessica Jones, Katrina Miller, Nui Pholsena, Nathaniel Pinzon, Emily Smith, Cesha Thompson, Quami Wallen and Rhys Walters read. Christine Stickler will emcee.
Writer's Forum Panel Discussions
New technology dramatically changes the world of publishing on a daily basis. What impact do all these new machines and labor-saving devices have on future of publishing? What is the role of the writer in a society drowning in information? Join Alex Kuo and two panels of experts at the Starbucks Literary Stage for lively discussion on these topics.
THE ROLE OF THE WRITER
Sunday, 1:00 - 2:15pm
Does the writer's job description encompass journalist, actor, comedian, witness, teacher and more? This panel includes Andrei Codrescu, Wanda Coleman, Anselm Hollo, Chitra Banergee Divikaruni.
BOOKS, BUSINESS AND BIBLIOPHILES
Monday, 1:00 - 2:00pm
The new technology has changed the publishing and bookselling world considerably. What's ahead for literary publishing? How can the changes be helpful instead of hurtful? Mike Morrow (Asia 2000 press), Jerome Gold (Black Heron Press) and Jennine Raleigh (used books.com) discuss.
ALEX KUO
Writer's Forum Moderator
Alex Kuo's widely-published poetry, fiction and non-fiction reports on everything from Aryan Nation parades to tales of school children terrorizing Beijing's Bank of China. His most recent novel, Chinese Opera, is set in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square uprising. A new collection of poems, This Fierce Geography, will be available in the fall.
Starbucks Bookfair
Daily, Noon - 8:00pm
Snoqualmie Room
Now in its 22nd year, the Starbucks Bookfair, the largest gathering of independent presses on the West Coast, presents an array of fine presses, bookmakers, literary magazines and alternative 'zines. Over 60 groups bring their recent works for sale and display. The Starbucks Bookfair also offers author book signings and the ongoing and interactive BumberChronicles project, which allows you to share your memories of Bumbershoots past with Paul Dorpat, Seattle historian.
Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts Festival is produced and presented by One Reel, a Northwest non-profit arts organization, in collaboration with Seattle Center.
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