In the Press
December 19, 2022: “‘Waiting to Dance Again.” How Seattle’s Literary Community Weathered the Pandemic” (KUOW)
December 8, 2022: “A Little Library in Seattle Offers a Space for Big Social Change” (The Seattle Medium)
September 2020: “Arts Vibrancy Index Report VI: Hotbeds of America’s Arts & Culture” (pg 22)
September 16, 2020: “Seattle Localist: Special Edition: Arts & Culture” (Visit Seattle)
September 10, 2020: “Editor’s Notebook: What Does it Really Mean to Be a City of Literature?” (Crosscut)
October 9, 2018: “Seattle: A City of Literature” (On Trak Magazine, pg 16)
May 21, 2018: "Seattle is a 'City of Literature' — so now what?" (Crosscut)
May 21, 2018: "Literary Event of the Week: Celebrate Seattle's City of Literature Status at the downtown library" (The Seattle Review of Books)
January 26, 2018: "With or Without U.S. Funding, UNESCO Celebrates American Cities" (The New York Times)
November 12, 2017: "Seattle Joins Iowa City as UNESCO City of Literature" (Iowa City Press Citizen)
November 1, 2017: "Seattle is a UNESCO City of Literature" (Seattle Globalist)
October 31, 2017: "Seattle Designated a UNESCO City of Literature: "The World is Looking at Seattle as a Cultural Leader" (Seattle Review of Books)
October 31, 2017: "UNESCO Declares Seattle a City of Literature" (Seattle Times)
October 31, 2017: "64 cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network" (UNESCO)
February 24, 2016: "Seattle City of Literature Effort Regroups, Appoints New Director" (Seattle Times)
February 24, 2016: "Talking with Stesha Brandon, the New Interim Executive Director" (Seattle Review of Books)
August 14, 2015: "Seattle Names First Civic Poet" (KING5)
August 4, 2015: "Meet Seattle's First Civic Poet" (KUOW)
August 3, 2015: "Claudia Castro Luna is Seattle's New Civic Poet" (Seattle Times)
November 3, 2014: "Seattle Loves Books, But Can It Be A City Of Literature?" (KUOW)
October 23, 2014: "If You Love Seattle Literature, You Should Send This E-mail" (The Stranger)
April 4, 2014: "Seattle Aims to Become Second American City of Literature" (Library Journal)
March 14, 2014: "Seattle campaigns to be named a UNESCO City of Literature" (Melville House)
March 13, 2014: "A Celebration of Literature's Past, Present, and Future in Seattle" (The Stranger)
March 10, 2014: "Seattle wants, and deserves, to be a UNESCO City of Literature" (Seattle PI)
March 3, 2014: "Will Seattle be UNESCO’s next City of Literature?" (Seattle Times)
January 27, 2014: "Seattle City Council endorses bid for Seattle as a 'City of Literature'" (Seattle Times)
September 23, 2013: "Seattle, City of Literature?" (KPLU)
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