The Financial Lives of Poetry Readings
Get Lit! made Spokane a “literary capital.” Next year, the festival runs into its biggest funding challenge.
Read About:
Jess Walter & Richard Russo, Reza Aslan, Janet Fitch, Anne Lappe, Victor Lodato, Kevin Sampsell, Patricia Smith, Sallie Tisdale, Janet Wong
Selected Shorts
Three actors, three short stories about Father's Day.
Peripheral Events
Get Lit offers more than 50 events. Here's the best of the rest.
USING HISTORY IN STORYTELLING Ever gotten to the “memory dump” part of a historical novel? Jess Walter joins a panel describing how to incorporate historical details into fiction and nonfiction — and how not to. Friday, April 16, from 10 am-noon • Free • Hargraves Hall, EWU, Cheney • Event info here.
POETRY SALON Poet Christopher Howell will host this informal reading by six poets. It’s a late-night literary salon — and last year’s equivalent event was jam-packed. Friday, April 16, at 9 pm • Free • Hotel Lusso • 1 N. Post St. • Event info here.
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP Convince corporate overlords that they should give you their money. Saturday, April 17, from 9:30-11:30 am • Free • Hotel Lusso • Event info here.
MEMORIES OF A FATHER Authors Diana Joseph, Kevin Sampsell and Maria Spagna will discuss how their fathers impacted their writing and their lives. Saturday, April 17, from 11 am-noon • Free • Hotel Lusso • Event info here.
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN Want advice on adapting novels into screenplays? Richard Russo and Jess Walter — both of whom are both novelists and screenwriters — are joined by EWU professor Marvin Smith and screenwriter Don Caron (The Basket). Saturday, April 17, at noon • Free • Hotel Lusso • Event info here.
POETRY LIVE Local actors will perform the work of nearly 20 young poets. Saturday, April 17, at 2 pm • Cost: $5 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard St. • Event info here.
ROMANCE FICTION Is the writing of romance novels holding women back or launching them forward? Can an empowered woman also have a ripped bodice? Saturday, April 17, from 2:30-3:30 pm • Free • Hotel Lusso • Event info here.
POETRY WITH JON SANDS The performance poet will share some killer rhymes. Saturday, April 17, at 8 pm • Free • Empyrean • 171 S. Washington St. • Event info here.
GET LIT! FLICKS You got to meet them; now you get to see how their books were adapted for the big screen. Two feature films from Janet Fitch and Richard Russo, respectively — White Oleander and Twilight — screen first, followed by two documentaries — James P. Moore’s Prayer in America and Anna Lappe’s “What’s on Your Plate?" Showing on Tuesday, April 20, with feature films at 5 pm and the documentaries at 7:15 pm • Cost: $7, each film; $10, double feature • Magic Lantern • 25 W. Main Ave. • Event info here.
