August 20, 2026

Janée J. Baugher, the author of the only craft book of its kind, The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction (McFarland, 2020), has been a featured poet at the Library of Congress. She’s an assistant editor at Boulevard magazine and Seattle Office of Arts & Culture recently awarded her a CityArtist grant. Her third full-length poetry collection, The Andrew Wyeth Chronicles, was selected by Shane McCrae for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press, 2026)

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Benjamin Schmitt is the Elgin Award–nominated author of five books, most recently Satan’s School for Girls and Other Works (Goldfish Press, 2026). His writing has appeared in Sojourners, Antioch Review, The MacGuffin, Sensitive Skin, Hobart, Columbia Review, The Seattle Times, and elsewhere. A cofounder of Pacifica Writers’ Workshop, he lives in Seattle with his children.