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Liz Ahl and A Case For Solace

Liz Ahl and A Case For Solace

A Case for Solace is Liz Ahl's second full-length poetry collection, recently released in October 2022 from Lily Poetry Review Books. Liz was tinkering with the manuscript that became this book during her Spring 2019 residency, and was working on edits to the accepted...

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Survival Tips: Stories by Miriam Gershow

Survival Tips: Stories by Miriam Gershow

Miriam Gershow's second book, SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES, will be released in March 2024 from Propeller Books. The collection spans 20 years of her story writing career and includes three stories born in magical Cabin 6 in March 2022 (with my dear friend, Cai Emmons, next...

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David Carmack Lewis: A God in the Hearth

David Carmack Lewis: A God in the Hearth

The work David Carmack Lewis created during his 2013 PLAYA residency, and the entire experience of being at Playa, sitting around the fireplace in the evenings and contemplating the remnants of the Toolbox Complex wildfire along the slopes of Winter Ridge, was the beginnings of a four year project, a visual essay called “A God in the Hearth”. The work explores humanity’s deep connection to fire and the implications of our dependence on fossil fuels, including the increasing risks of wildfire in the American West.

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Charles Goodrich: Watering the Rhubarb

Charles Goodrich: Watering the Rhubarb

Charles Goodrich’s new poetry collection, WATERING THE RHUBARB (Flowstone Press) includes several poems composed during his residency at PLAYA. His first novel, WEAVE ME A CROOKED BASKET will be published by the University of Nevada Press in Fall 2023. It’s an unconventional love story involving a makeshift coalition of farmers, artists, scientists, and community members who turn a small organic farm into a work of art to save it from unscrupulous developers. Deep gratitude to PLAYA for a residency where I completed some pivotal chapters.

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Alex Hirsch: Poetic Public Art Meets Education

Alex Hirsch: Poetic Public Art Meets Education

During the pandemic, Alex Hirsch was awarded a public art commission by Washington Arts Commission and Puyallup School District. She worked remotely with the committee, visited the campus using Covid precautions, and successfully completed the commission with the...

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