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2025 Reading List
Out of my own curiosity, I'll be tracking my reading this year. Below is a list of books that I have read as of August 27, 2025. I'm...
michaelovera
Aug 271 min read
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Side Work (Main Work): The Honors College @ Shoreline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WvfSAtmXM0
michaelovera
Sep 28, 20231 min read
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Mixed Tapes, Playlists, and Soundtracks at the Hugo House
https://hugohouse.org/product/mixed-tapes-playlists-and-soundtracks-music-in-fiction/
michaelovera
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Hugo House "Write-o-Rama"
October 30, 2022 https://hugohouse.org/event/write-o-rama_2022-10-30/ Video From the movie Basquait: https://youtu.be/Z-5JqDEHfe8 From...
michaelovera
Oct 8, 20223 min read
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Bushwick Book Club
Check out Michael Owcharuk's Bushwick piece created as part of the partnership with the Jack Straw Writers Program...
michaelovera
Apr 13, 20221 min read
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Top Ten Fiction Books
Trying to discern the top ten of anything can seem like an exercise in futility. In J Peder Zane's book The Top Ten, many authors crafted...
michaelovera
Apr 8, 202210 min read
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Podcasts - SoundPages with Jack Straw
https://www.jackstraw.org/podcasts/soundpages/
michaelovera
Mar 23, 20221 min read
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Pictures from the Jack Straw Studio
These are pictures from the Jack Straw Studio (Photos by Sherwin Eng, courtesy Jack Straw Cultural Center)
michaelovera
Mar 21, 20221 min read
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"Highly Rated" in the Ebbtide Student Newspaper Shoreline CC
https://theebbtide.com/feature/highly-rated/01/2019/
michaelovera
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Greenwood Lit Crawl, Seattle 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfs3FkuSdK8
michaelovera
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Jack Straw Writers at the Seattle Public Library
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5ugBv2JfA My reading starts around the 40 minute mark. But don't skip the great readings of my fellow...
michaelovera
Dec 13, 20211 min read
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michaelovera
Nov 21, 20210 min read
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Nanowrimo 2021! "Music and Literature"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA5XBGc2QU0
michaelovera
Nov 4, 20211 min read
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New Story Up at WritersBlock Magazine!
https://writersblockmagazine.com/2021/08/06/writers-block-46/
michaelovera
Aug 10, 20211 min read
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Reading with the Jack Straw Writers Program - May 21, 2021
https://www.facebook.com/136161631181/videos/361793048878813
michaelovera
Jun 29, 20211 min read
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Inspiration During Traumatic Times - November 19, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YhrxHP01o
michaelovera
Jun 29, 20211 min read
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Reading at the Ballard Public Library - July 10, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnpOPw0rSRk&t=5s
michaelovera
Jun 29, 20211 min read
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