This Is Your Arm

"I’ve been working for this contractor for a few months, but at this point I’m still very green… Still, I’ve now used the drill quite a bit as it is a ubiquitous tool on any job site, and I feel like I’ve got my head wrapped around it—point and shoot.  I begin drilling in the screws with a mix of confidence and reckless abandon.  I can get this done, I chant to myself."

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Who Was Your Local Hero, Lena Easton-Calabria?

The Project Room partners with the Seattle Public Library Foundation to support the Stimson Bullitt Civic Courage Scholarship. Lena Easton-Calabria tells us about the Makah Tribe's fight to reclaim their whaling rights.

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Who Was Your Local Hero, Natalie Quek?

The Project Room partners with the Seattle Public Library Foundation to support the Stimson Bullitt Civic Courage Scholarship. Natalie Quek tells us about local organization Preserve Our Island's struggle to save Maury Island from contamination and development.

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Who Was Your Local Hero, Quinn Mason Buchwald?

The Project Room partners with the Seattle Public Library Foundation to support the Stimson Bullitt Civic Courage Scholarship. Quinn Mason Buchwald shares the story of Bernie Whitebear and his courage in championing the causes of the Seattle Native community.

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Who Was Your Local Hero, Elana Mabrito?

The Project Room partners with the Seattle Public Library Foundation to support the Stimson Bullitt Civic Courage Scholarship. Elana Mabrito shares her admiration for local hero Margarethe Cammermeyer, who fought against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

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Bearing Witness

Jan Wallace honors her dear friend and renowned poet, Denise Levertov with a poem and a reflection on memory, loss, and monuments. "She taught me how to be still and regard each marvel; no maple tree with its autumn colors, or pack of raccoons 'like busy little criminals' could be mundane in her gaze."

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9 Ounces: Meet Alice.

Anastacia Tolbert introduces a new 9 Ounces character! ALICE is an artist and writer wedged between four universal questions: Who the hell am I/not? What am I supposed to be doing? Why me? What's for Dinner? Join us as we follow Anastacia In The Making of her monumental work, 9 Ounces: A One-Woman Show.

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Orion: A Monument for Angie

TPR Editor Tessa Hulls reflects on death, the desert, and how we mourn loss.

A monument marks a boundary, a line that we cannot cross. On the night when I learned that Angie had died, I stumbled outside because I wanted to return to the constellation that had tied us all together. But the clouds were out that night, and although I raised my eyes and searched the sky...

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