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Category: Arts & Literature

All Booked Up for the Winter!

We asked EchoX staff to send us their favorite books written by POC authors – no genre was off limits! If you’re looking for your next great read, it just might be on this list! 
A large, pink dress stands in a room beside two portraits of Black women.
Barbara Earl Thomas' giant floating "Cinderella Redressed" made of intricately cut tyvek, paper, and voile fabric against Derrick Adams' portraits. (Via The Stranger, Jueqian Fang/Henry Art Gallery)

The Different Ways We Are Packaged Black

From The Stranger (by Jas Keimig) – “Barbara Earl Thomas and Derrick Adams’ joint show at the Henry Art Gallery explores the influence of Black culture on commerce and representation.”
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Promotional photo of two women speaking to each other that says "Change doesn't come from complacency; let's get uncomfortable together."
Podcasters and writers Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham.

“Dear White Women” podcast, book and website embrace discomfort and promote conversation around issues of race and ethnicity

From International Examiner (by Roxanne Ray) – A new book by Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham encourages readers to embrace discomfort talking about race.
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Cut out sculpture of two dragons.

A tale of two dragons at the National Nordic Museum

From International Examiner (by Susan Kunimatsu) – At the National Nordic Museum, a papercutting exhibition presents a cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Norway and China.
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Artist Spotlight: Jacqueline Ware

EchoX has been honored to partner with one of our first directory participants, the African-American Writers’ Alliance (AAWA), to present a Wednesday poetry and prose series from a collective of different authors. So far, we have shared writing from Minnie Collins, Georgia S. McDade, Margaret S. Barrie, Gail Haynes, and Merri Ann Osborne. This Wednesday concludes the series with poetry from Jacqueline Ware. 

Learn more about the work that AAWA does and support their writing at http://www.aawa-seattle.org/. 

Artist Spotlight: Merri Ann Osborne

EchoX is honored to partner with one of our first directory participants, the African-American Writers’ Alliance (AAWA), to present a Wednesday poetry and prose series. For the past few Wednesdays, we have shared poetry and writing from a collective of different authors. This Wednesday we are proud to share the work of Merri Ann Osborne. Our previous Wednesday poet was Gail Haynes. 

Learn more about the work that AAWA does and support their writing at http://www.aawa-seattle.org/. 

Artist Spotlight: Gail Haynes

EchoX is honored to partner with one of our first directory participants, the African-American Writers’ Alliance (AAWA), to present a Wednesday poetry and prose series from a collective of different authors. For the next few Wednesdays, we will continue sharing poetry and prose from one of these incredibly talented writers. This Wednesday we are proud to share the work of Gail Haynes. Our previous Wednesday poet was Margaret S. Barrie. 

Learn more about the work that AAWA does and support their writing at http://www.aawa-seattle.org/. 

Artist Spotlight: Margaret S. Barrie

EchoX is honored to partner with one of our first directory participants, the African-American Writers’ Alliance (AAWA), to present a Wednesday poetry and prose series from a collective of different authors. For the next few Wednesdays, we will continue sharing poetry and prose from one of these incredibly talented writers. This Wednesday we are proud to share the work of Margaret S. Barrie. Our previous Wednesday poet was Georgia S. McDade. 

Learn more about the work that AAWA does and support their writing at http://www.aawa-seattle.org/. 

Artist Spotlight: Georgia S. McDade

EchoX is honored to partner with one of our first directory participants, the African-American Writers’ Alliance (AAWA), to present a Wednesday poetry and prose series from a collective of different authors. For the next few Wednesdays, we will continue sharing poetry and prose from one of these incredibly talented writers. This Wednesday we are proud to share the work of Georgia McDade. Our previous Wednesday poet was Minnie Collins. 

Learn more about the work that AAWA does and support their writing at http://www.aawa-seattle.org/. 
Headshot of Minnie Collins

Artist Spotlight: Minnie Collins

EchoX is honored to partner with one of our first directory participants, the African-American Writers’ Alliance (AAWA), to present the following series of poetry and prose from a collective of writers. Over the course of the next few Wednesdays, we will share poetry and prose from one of these incredibly talented writers. This Wednesday we are proud to share the work of Minnie Collins. 

Learn more about the work that AAWA does and support their writing at http://www.aawa-seattle.org/. 
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