Past Readings
The following is a complete list of past readings. Occasionally we’ve had extra events in addition to our monthly readings on the usual third Thursday of the month. Click the names of featured readers to see their photos and bios.
Click here for future readings.
Peter Pereira reads on July 19, 2007.
2006
July 18 Jeannine Hall Gailey and Annette Spaulding-Convy
August 15 (Tuesday) Elizabeth Austen and Christine Deavel
September 21 Shannon Borg and John Kistner
October 4 (Wednesday) C. R. Manley, Carlos Martinez, Tatyana Mishel, and Michael Dylan Welch
(bonus reading, for Pontoon #9)
October 10 (Tuesday) Jack and Adelle Foley
October 19 Susan Rich and Kathleen Flenniken
November 16 Paul E. Nelson and Charles Potts
December 14 (2nd Thursday) Reading cancelled due to snow storm.
2007
January 18 Holly Thomas and Joannie Kervran Stangeland
February 15 Jenifer Browne Lawrence and Dan Peters
March 15 Chris Jarmick and Jack McCarthy
April 19 Madeline DeFrees and Thomas Aslin
May 17 Rebecca Loudon and Susan Butler
June 21 J. W. Marshall and Paul Hunter
July 19 Peter Pereira and Nancy Pagh
August 16 Oliver de la Paz and Rick Barot
September 20 Kelli Russell Agodon and Ann Batchelor Hursey
October 18 Shin Yu Pai and John (Maroon) Chinworth
November 15 Denise Calvetti Michaels and Suma Subramaniam
December 13 (2nd Thursday) Judith Skillman and Janee Baugher
2008
January 17 Terry Martin and Jim Bodeen
February 21 Carol Levin and Victoria Ford
March 20 Michael Schein and Marion Kimes
April 17 Jared Leising and Martha Clarkson
May 15 Lois P. Jones and Peter Ludwin
June 19 Linda Thompson and Rick Smith
July 17 Cody Walker and Molly Tenenbaum
August 21 Janet Norman Knox and John Davis
September 18 James Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle
October 16 Ann Spiers and Robert McNamara
November 20 Jim Teeters and Dawn-Marie Oliver
December 11 (2nd Thursday) Julene Tripp Weaver and Deborah Woodard
2009
January 15 Ronda Broatch and Herb McClees
February 19 Samuel Green and Kim-An Lieberman
March 19 A. K. "Mimi" Allin and Vanessa DeWolf
April 16 David Rizzi and Nashira Priester
May 21 Ce Rosenow and Laura Winter
June 11 (bonus reading) Michael C. Ford and Friends
(Jim Bertolino, Anita Boyle, singer-songwriter Michael Garner, Chris Jarmick,
Jack McCarthy, and Joanie Stangeland)
June 18 Ruth Yarrow and Mike Yarrow
June 28 (Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.) THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SOULFOOD POETRY PARTY
featuring Band of Poets and past featured readers
July 9 (bonus reading) WE ARE theUnREAL
July 16 Lorraine Ferra and Holly Hughes
August 20 Robert Lashley and Malcolm Kenyon
September 17 Marjorie Rommel and R. D. Shadowbyrd
October 15 Bob Redmond and Arthur Tulee, with special guest Penny Harter
November 19 Marjorie Manwaring and Dennis Caswell
December 10 (2nd Thursday) Jeff Lair and Matthew Allen
2010
January 28 (4th Thursday) Rebecca Meredith and Trisha Ready
February 18 David Horowitz and Donald Kentop
March 18 Rachel Dilworth and Laura Hirschfield
April 15 Amy Schrader and Trina Burke
May 27 (4th Thursday) Gerald McBreen and Jim Meyer [Jim was unable to attend]
June 17 Robinson Bolkum and Vanessa Pepoy
July 15 Michael Daley and Bill Ransom
August 19 Michael Magee and Jean Musser
September 16 Erin Malone and Rebecca Hoogs
October 21 Allen Braden and Kevin Miller
November 18 Jody Zorgdrager and Anne Doe Overstreet
December 16 Brendan McBreen and Lisa D. Schmidt
2011
January 20 Karen Finneyfrock and Matt Gano
February 17 Tom C. Hunley and Martha Silano [Martha was unable to attend]
March 17 Nicole Hardy and Arlene Kim
April 21 Sharmagne Leland-St. John and Ellaraine Lockie
May 19 Lori Desrosiers and Jon E. Seaman
June 16 Belle Randall and Anita K. Boyle
July 21 Tanya McDonald and Dejah Léger — FIFTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 18 Christopher Herold and Mike O’Connor
September 15 Roberto Ascalon and Clare Lilliston
October 20 Lorraine Healy and Paul Fisher
November 17 Susan Casey and Johnny Horton
December 15 Carolyne Wright and Mary Eliza Crane
2012
January 19 Reading cancelled due to snow storm
February 16 Jeannine Hall Gailey and Martha Silano
March 15 Jane Alynn and Connie Walle
April 19 Kevin Craft and Kary Wayson
May 17 Vinnie Kinsella and Kay Tracy
June 21 Kelly Davio and Tanya Chernov
July 19 Amy McClellan and Scot Siegel — SIXTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
[Scot was unable to attend]
August 16 John Burgess and Sergey Feldman
September 20 Christine Swanberg and Penelope Scambly Schott
October 18 Rick Clark and Doug Cole
November 15 Judith Roche and Lyn Coffin
December 20 Raul Sanchez and Angel Latterell
2013
January 17 Kathleen Flenniken and Tim Kelly
February 21 William Scott Galasso and Nancy Dahlberg
March 21 Cathy Ross and Nan Harty
April 18 Faith Allington and AJ Lyndemere
May 22 Ron Starr and Marjorie Manwaring
[note special Wednesday date instead of May 16]
June 20 Joan Swift and Esther Altshul Helfgott
July 18 Terry Persun and Nicole J. Persun — SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 8 (2nd Thursday) Elizabeth Myhr and Christopher J. Jarmick
September 19 Anastacia Tolbert and Daemond Arrindell
October 17 Molly Tenenbaum and T. Clear
November 21 Janée J. Baugher and Ann Spiers
December 12 (2nd Thursday) Shin Yu Pai and Gerry McFarland
2014
January 16 Jennifer Bullis and Bethany Reid
February 20 Jorge Enrique González Pacheco
March 20 Terry Ann Carter and Carole MacRury [Terry Ann was unable to attend]
April 17 Haiku Northwest, from 25th Anniversary Anthology No Longer Strangers,
for National Haiku Poetry Day
(Terran Campbell, Seren Fargo, Ida Freilinger, William Scott Galasso,
Connie Hutchison, Wini Jaeger, Dejah Léger, Roy Kindelberger, C. R. Manley,
Tanya McDonald, Marilyn Sandall, Michelle Schaefer, Carmen Sterba,
Judt Shrode, Angela Terry, Michael Dylan Welch, and Stuart Zobel)
May 15 Leonard Orr and Joannie Stangeland
June 19 Jason Zions and Allan Rousselle
July 17 Karen Bonaudi and Gayle Kaune — EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 21 Dan Peters and Terry Martin
September 18 Laura LeHew and Roy R. Seitz
October 30 (5th Thursday) Michael Spence and Judith Skillman — OUR 100th OFFICIAL READING!
November 20 Jourdan Keith and Felicia Gonzalez
December 18 Jill McCabe Johnson and Tina Schumann
2015
January 15 Anne McDuffie and Michael Schmeltzer
February 19 Roberto Ascalon and Ellie Rogers
March 19 Tina Schumann and Ann Batchelor Hursey
April 16 Lucas Smiraldo and Elijah Muied
May 21 Larry Crist and Christine Clarke
June 18 Jed Myers and Alina Rios
July 16 Peggy Barnett and Terry Busch — NINTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 20 Dianne Aprile and Ann Teplick
September 17 Michael G. Hickey and Kathleen Flenniken
October 8 Carol Levin and Annette Spaulding-Convy
November 19 J. I. Kleinberg and Luther Allen
December 17 Sean Bentley and Emily Warn
2016
Half way through this year, we started to feature groups and organizations in addition to pairs of readers.
January 21 Brandon Pitts and Robert Lashley
February 18 Sheila Sondik and Caitlin Thomson
March 17 Marty Steyer and Will Wells
April 21 Duane Kirby Jensen and Michael Alden
May 12 (one week early) Stephen Roxborough and J. M. Swann
June 16 Postponed
July 21 Redmond Association of Spokenword — TENTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
(Kara Simon and Michael Heavener)
August 18 Shin Yu Pai (Redmond poet laureate) and David Francis
September 15 Amy MacLennan and Ronda Broatch, with artist Beverly Ash Gilbert
[Ronda was unable to attend]
October 20 Striped Water Poets
(Brendan McBreen, Gerald A. McBreen, Cindy Hutchings, and Jim Teeters)
November 17 Michael Dylan Welch and Tanya McDonald
December 15 Duvall Poetry
(Katherine Grace Bond, Mary Eliza Crane, Pamela Denchfield, and Shane Guthrie)
2017
January 19 Angled Road Poets
(Liz Burr-Brandstadt, Jules Dickinson, Emily Dietrich, and Darla Kennerud)
February 16 Immigrants Wanted—Mideast Poets
(Mitra Lotfi Shemirani, Faiza Sultan, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha)
March 16 Raven Chronicles
(Anna Bálint, Robert Francis Flor, David Halpern, Paul Hunter,
and Maliha Masood)
April 20 Two Sylvias Press
(Jeannine Hall Gailey, Natasha Kochicheril Moni, Michael Schmeltzer, and Molly Tenenbaum)
May 18 Rose Alley Press
(Victoria Ford, David D. Horowitz, Donald Kentop, Michael Spence,
and Joannie Stangeland)
June 15 Floating Bridge Press
(Afrose Fatima Ahmed, Dennis Caswell, and Cynthia Neely)
July 20 Northwest Institute of Literary Arts Poetry Alums
ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
(Marie Hartung, Sarah Jones, Margo Lauritzen, and Carolyne Wright)
August 17 Five Willows Literary Review
(Sandra Noel, Bethany Reid, Margart Roncone, and Koon Woon)
September 21 PoetsWest
(Tiel Aisha Ansari, Art Gomez, Kevin J. O'Conner, and Rayn Roberts)
October 19 Cascadia College
(Jared Leising, Brent Schaeffer, Natalie Serianni, Louise Spengler, and Sarah Zale)
November 16 Tod Marshall (Washington State poet laureate) and Megan Snyder-Camp
December 21 Red Book Poetry Community
(Daniel Edward Moore, Laura Coe Moore, Bill Skubi, and Janis Skubi)
2018
January 18 Haiku Northwest
(Terran Campbell, Rick Clark, Dianne Garcia, Roy Kindelberger, Curtis Manley,
Tanya McDonald, Michelle Schaefer, and Michael Dylan Welch)
February 15 Nasty Women Poets Anthology
(Jennifer Bullis, Sarah Jones, Heidi Seaborn, and Carolyne Wright)
March 15 Ice Cream Poems Anthology
(Anita K. Boyle, Nancy Canyon, John Davis, Thom Schramm, Harvey Schwartz,
Heidi Seaborn, Mary Ellen Talley, Julene Tripp Weaver, and Michael Dylan Welch)
April 19 Band of Poets
(John Burgess, Ted McMahon, Jed Myers, and Rosanne Olson)
May 17 Olympia Poetry Network
(Carrie Beth Born, Terri Cohlene, Chris Dahl, Patrick Dixon,
Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis, Ben Olson, and Cynthia Pratt)
June 21 Joannie Stangeland and Terry Martin
July 19 Margaret Chula and Terry Ann Carter — TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 16 Shake the Tree Anthology
(Kelle Grace Gaddis, Clare Johnson, Kate Lebo, Samuel Ligon,
and Carolyne Wright)
September 20 Melanie Noel (Redmond poet laureate) and Jay Aquinas Thompson,
October 11 (one week early) Shane Guthrie and C. C. Hannett
November 15 Ken Osborne and David Horowitz
December 20 James Rodgers and Emilie Rommel Shimkus
2019
January 17 Egress Studio Press Poets — OUR 150th OFFICIAL READING!
(James Bertolino, Anita K. Boyle, Jed Myers, and Richard Widerkehr)
February 21 Benjamin Schmitt and Jeanine Walker
March 21 Band of Poets
(John Burgess, Anna Jenkins, Ted McMahan, Jed Myers, and Rosanne Olson)
April 18 Claudia Castro Luna (Washington State poet laureate) and Alex Gallo-Brown
May 16 Floating Bridge Press Poets
(Katy E. Ellis, Natasha Kochicheril Moni, Rena Priest, Michael Schmeltzer,
and Dujie Tuhat)
June 20 Christopher Luna and Toni Partington
July 18 Georgia S. McDade and Carolyne Wright
THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 15 Vikram Madan and Dan Richards
September 19 Rose Alley Press Anthology
(David Horowitz, Christopher J. Jarmick, Ken Osborne, and Bethany Reid)
October 17 Peter Munro and Victoria A. Rotton
November 21 Michele Bombardier and Tara Hardy
December 19 Pleasure Boat Studio Authors
(Lauren Grosskopf, Jared Leising, and John Christopher Nelson)
2020
The coronavirus pandemic caused the cancellation or rescheduling of numerous readings this year.
January 18 Knox Gardner and Cody Stetzel
February 20 Once Told Tales Poetry Improv
(Katrina Charles, Christine Kleinholz, Jeremy Robkin, and Yoni Skolnik)
March 19 RESCHEDULED Raul Sanchez (Redmond poet laureate) and Kelle Grace Gaddis
April 16 RESCHEDULED Christopher J. Jarmick and Nicole Renée La Follette
May 21 CANCELLED Blue Cactus Press
(Yousef Allouzi, Christina Butcher, Michael Haeflinger, Robert Lashley,
and Kellie Richardson)
June 18 RESCHEDULED Sandy Yannone and Tina Schumann
July 16 VIA ZOOM Jory Mickleson and Dayna Patterson
FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY READING! +
August 20 VIA ZOOM MFA Poets from University of Washington Bothell
(Scott Bentley, Greg Buck, Annika Bunney, and Cliff Watson)
September 17 VIA ZOOM Christopher J. Jarmick and Nicole Renée La Follette
October 15 VIA ZOOM Ann Spiers and Linera Lucas
November 19 VIA ZOOM Lauren Davis and Risa Denenberg
December 17 VIA ZOOM Raul Sanchez (Redmond poet laureate) and Sharon Elliott
2021
January 21 VIA ZOOM Sandy Yannone and Tina Schumann
February 18 VIA ZOOM Amy Miller and Pepper Trail
March 18 VIA ZOOM Raven Chronicles — Take a Stand: Art Against Hate Anthology Reading (Marc Beaudin, Risa Denenberg, Thomas Leo Hubbard, Tamam Kahn,
and Susana Praver-Pérez) — see Zoom video on YouTube
April 15 VIA ZOOM Allow the Light: Tribute Reading for Jack McCarthy
(Mary Eliza Crane, Michael G. Hickey, David D. Horowitz, Christopher J. Jarmick,
Wess Mongo Jolley, Hope Jordan [not able to attend], James Rodgers, Neil Scott,
and Roy R. Seitz)
May 20 VIA ZOOM Maggie Chula and Mark Thalman
June 17 VIA ZOOM Last Train Home Haiku Anthology, edited by Jacqueline Pearce
(Gary Evans, John S Green, Carole MacRury, Tanya McDonald, Jacquie Pearce,
Angela Terry, and Michael Dylan Welch)
July 15 VIA ZOOM Jeannine Hall Gailey and Annette Spaulding-Convy
(reprising the very first SoulFood Poetry Night fifteen years previously)
FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 19 VIA ZOOM Lucien Zell and Mindy Nettifee
September 16 VIA ZOOM A. Molotkov and John Sibley Williams
October 21 VIA ZOOM Daniel Edward Moore and Mark Simpson
November 18 VIA ZOOM Timothy Green and Erik Campbell
December 16 VIA ZOOM Carolyne Wright and Stephanie Barbé Hammer
2022
January 20 VIA ZOOM Tamara Sellman and Jan Steckel
February 17 VIA ZOOM Benjamin Schmitt and Sylvia Byrne Pollack
March 17 VIA ZOOM Ann Spiers and Sharon Hashimoto
April 21 VIA ZOOM Adele Kenny and John McDermott
May 19 VIA ZOOM Jennifer Hambrick and Terry Ann Carter
June 16 VIA ZOOM Rick Lupert and Ellyn Maybe
July 21 VIA ZOOM Kristen Lindquist and Lesley Dauer
SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY READING!
August 18 VIA ZOOM Joel Dias-Porter and Gary Copeland Lilley
September 15 Katerina Canyon and Kibibi Monié
IN PERSON at SoulFood CoffeeHouse (for this and later readings)
October 20 Janée J. Baugher and Mary Ellen Talley
November 17 Lillo Way and Heidi Seaborn
December 15 Laura Da’ (Redmond poet laureate) and Clare Johnson
2023
January 19 Madrona Writers: Jennifer Bullis, Dayna Patterson, and Allie Spikes
February 16 Once Told Tales Poetry Improv
March 16 Dion O’Reilly and Evan Bauer — OUR 200th OFFICIAL READING!
April 20 Kelli Russell Agodon and Jeannine Hall Gailey
May 18 Francesca Bell and Kate Gale
June 15 Ronda Piszk Broatch and Risa Denenberg
July 20 Band of Poets — SEVENTEENTH ANNIVERSARY READING! OUR 200th OFFICIAL READING!
(John Burgess, Anna Jenkins, Ted McMahon, Jed Myers, and Rosanne Olson)
August 17 Bruce Beasley and Katy E. Ellis
September 20 Susan Landgraf and Sati Mookherjee
(Wednesday night; one day earlier than usual this month)
October 19 Nicole Renée La Follette and Rose Ramm
November 16 Priscilla Long and Bethany Reid
December 21 Jack Straw Writers
(Jim Cantú, Brian Dang, David K. Rea, Carla Shafer, Sumu Tasib, and Julene Tripp Weaver)
2024
January 18, 2024 Liz Kellebrew and Jerrod E. Bohn
February 15 Pleasure Boat Studio Poets
(Alicia Hokanson, Mercedes Lawry, Anne Pitkin, and Sherry Mossafer Rind)
March 21 Purr and Yowl Anthology Contributors
(Kristy Gledhill, Sharon Hashimoto, Michael Heavener, David D. Horowitz, Priscilla Long,
Michael Magee, Carl Palmer, Bethany Reid, and Michael Spence)
April 18 Rae Armantrout and Stephen Roxborough
May 16 Dion O’Reilly and Francesca Bell
June 20 Susan Rich and Cindy Veach
July 18 Band of Poets — EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY READING! (our 216th reading)
August 15 Hannah Rodabaugh and Catherine Broadwall
September 19 Jack Straw Writers (Amontaine Aurore, E. J. Batiste, Joshua E. Griffin, and Jarrett Ziemer)
October 17 Summer Stewart and Douglas Cole
November 21 Haiku Northwest: 35th Anniversary Anthology
December 19