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Featured readers Dario Cvencek, Jack Remick, S Salazar & Katherine Grace Bond. Three minute open mic opportunities - sign up at the event. Dario Cvencek is a Bosnian refugee turned Seattle poet whose debut collections excavate the stubborn presence of love amid displacement and trauma. Drawing on a childhood shaped by the 1990s Bosnian War, his work reflects a journey of healing and reclaimed identity. His words have appeared in numerous independent literary magazines and presses, including recent anthologies “Silence is Consent” (Casablanca Press, 2025) and “Alien Buddha Loves You Too” (Alien Buddha Press, 2025). His debut full-length collection of poetry "PTSD Martini" was released by Carbonation Press in May 2025. His follow-up collection "Mirror Made of Words" was published in March 2026 (Carbonation Press). He lives and works in Seattle, WA, where he also hosts a curated open mic series "Speak Out Seattle" and “Poetry On The Ave.” Connect with Dario on Instagram @dario_poetry.
Jack Remick
Jack Remick is a Seattle-based novelist, poet, and essayist whose work spans fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Blood, Citadel, Gabriela and the Widow, Man Alone: The Dark Book. His poetry includes the collections Satori and Songs of Sadness Joy and Despair for the Anthropocene. His writing explores love, violence, wisdom, and myth in contemporary life, and his work has been recognized by the Eric Hoffer Awards and other national literary honors. J. H. Turner writes that Remick’s "The "Book of Changes" is like reading Thomas Wolfe with punctuation.
Raised in the Pacific Northwest, S. Salazar has always felt at home in the mountains. As an English teacher, she strove to show students that success isn’t defined by background.
S. Salazar is a mixed Puerto Rican author who's been published in Harpur Palate, The Acentos Review, Booth Journal, Poet Lore, The Offing, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University, where even postgraduate, she’s juggling multiple manuscripts that explore generational trauma, identity, Latinx heritage, diaspora, and mental health.
Her debut poetry collection Raíces, Relics, and Other Ghosts (Kelsay Books, 2023) received 3 honorable mentions for the International Latino Book Awards. Her book examines topics of disconnection and reconnection to her Puerto Rican roots through trial and error, genealogical exploration, and the search for long-separated familia.
When she isn’t writing, she can be found hiking with loved ones, talking to her parrot, Gizmo, and gushing over every dog she sees.
Katherine Grace Bond is a poet, novelist, and developmental editor. Her work explores family, history, and the rifts in our culture and ourselves. She is the author of seven books, including the YA novel The Summer of No Regrets (Sourcebooks), the children’s book The Legend of the Valentine (Zondervan), and three poetry collections including the newly released Twentieth Anniversary Edition of her chapbook, Considering Flight (Goldfish Press). Her work has appeared most recently in Bellowing Ark, PNW Collaborative Magazine, and In Our Poetic Honor (Goldfish Press).
She has taught writing for more than three decades and has held residencies at Jack Straw Cultural Center and Camac Centre d’Art in Marnay-sur-Seine, France. She is the founder of Labyrinth: A Writers’ Haven, providing community, craft, and coaching to writers at all stages.
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Ballard Branch of The Seattle Public Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW,Seattle,WA,United States
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