Mitsu Sundvall's bio for Kenmore Reading Series, Dec. 21st

Mitsu Akiyama Sundvall is a Japanese-American writer wannabee from Berkeley, New York City, and Seattle.  She is an Artist Trust and Seattle Arts Commission awardee, former Harper & Row editor, Seattle Times book reviewer, Hedgebrook and Edge writer programs alumna.  "Tongue-Cut Sparrows" is the family memoir she has been laboring to tell about a shotgun/samurai, an anarchist plotting to assassinate the emperor, a judo-wrestling grandmother, a Chinatown chorus girl, a genius heroin addict, and an American family in a US concentration camp.  In these stories of struggle and aspiration she hopes, as Grace Paley said about writing memoir, to save a few lives.

Mitsu Sundvall to read December 21 at Espresso Cafe in Kenmore

Please join us on Wednesday, December 21st at Espresso Cafe in Kenmore to hear Mitsu Sundvall read family stories from her evolving memoir.
  
Consider bringing a poem or two, or a page of prose for open mic.  And maybe invite a friend.  We begin our salon-like session at 6 pm with time to meet and purchase tea/coffee/desserts.  Our featured reader begins at 6:45 after open mic.




  

Espresso works, a fine local coffee house

Espresso Works is located in Kenmore at 6734 NE 181st, just off rt. 522 across from City Hall and behind Taco Time.

News and Hello from Denise Calvetti Michaels

I'm grateful to Lindy for her work to create our Kenmore Reading Series Blog.  Thank you!
This blog provides a space to network and to share information about our upcoming featured writers such as Loreen Lilyn Lee scheduled for November 16th (bio below). 
Please invite a friend to meet with us for a salon-like experience as we support local writers.  We'll also offer open mic so bring a poem or one page of prose.

My thanks to Espresso Cafe for hosting Kenmore Reading Series where the coffee is always hot and the tea and pastries delicious.

Join us in November

Join us on November 16th for a night of prose, poetry and community. The evening begins at 6:00 with conversation and coffee. The readings will begin at 6:45.

We are pleased to have Loreen Lilyn Lee as our featured reader.
 

 

Loreen Lilyn Lee is working on a memoir based on stories she's not supposed to tell and her multicultural background as a Chinese American woman born and raised in Honolulu.  In 2011, she completed the Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for Writers and is an active volunteer for Hedgebrook, where she was awarded a writing residency in 2001 with other women writers.  She lives and works in Seattle. 

Please join us for this special night.

Celebrate Fall with us on October 19th

Next reading is in October

Join us on October 19th as we kick off a new season of readings at Espresso Works in Kenmore.

We offer a bit of a different take on a reading series.  We discuss writing and share work in a supportive and relaxed environment.  Come and share or come and listen.  Coffee and menu items are available.  All are welcome. And bring a friend!

Espresso works in located in Kenmore off 522 across from City Hall and behind Taco Time.

Special meeting in July

The Kenmore Reading Series is moving in July!
Join us Wednesday, July 13 (second Wed., not the third)
at St. Edward State Park as we team up with the St. Edward Environmental Learning Center for Poetry in the Park.

It's a poetry pot luck from 6-8:30.  Bring something to eat, and your poetry to read.  We'll eat, write and share poetry under the trees of St. Edward State park.

Meet at the kiosk by the Ranger's Station, July 13, 6-8:30.

Reading in May

What a great night.  Last Wednesday was a gorgeous spring evening and the poetry inside Espresso Works was just as glorious.  With guests from as far away as Costa Rica and as close as just up the hill, it was a night full of wonderful work.

Join us for a reading in May

The Kenmore Reading Series had a great debut on April 20th at Espresso Works in Kenmore.

It was so much fun, we are having another open-mic prose and poetry reading night, the third Wednesday in May,
                               May 18th from 6-8
Come and share your prose and poetry in a supportive environment. Or, relax and listen while enjoying the delicious menu at Espresso Works