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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 27, 20251 min read


Side Work (Main Work): The Honors College @ Shoreline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WvfSAtmXM0
michaelovera
Sep 28, 20231 min read


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


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


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
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


Podcasts - SoundPages with Jack Straw
https://www.jackstraw.org/podcasts/soundpages/
michaelovera
Mar 23, 20221 min read


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


"Highly Rated" in the Ebbtide Student Newspaper Shoreline CC
https://theebbtide.com/feature/highly-rated/01/2019/
michaelovera
Dec 16, 20211 min read


Greenwood Lit Crawl, Seattle 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfs3FkuSdK8
michaelovera
Dec 16, 20211 min read


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


michaelovera
Nov 21, 20210 min read


Nanowrimo 2021! "Music and Literature"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA5XBGc2QU0
michaelovera
Nov 4, 20211 min read


New Story Up at WritersBlock Magazine!
https://writersblockmagazine.com/2021/08/06/writers-block-46/
michaelovera
Aug 10, 20211 min read


Reading with the Jack Straw Writers Program - May 21, 2021
https://www.facebook.com/136161631181/videos/361793048878813
michaelovera
Jun 29, 20211 min read


Inspiration During Traumatic Times - November 19, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YhrxHP01o
michaelovera
Jun 29, 20211 min read


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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