Lyric World

Poet Lorna Dee Cervantes is considered one of the major voices in contemporary Chicana literature. Growing up, she was e... Read more

Tacoma local Robert Lashley is known for crafting poems that build a vivid sense of place, rooted in deep, beautiful, ye... Read more

In May of 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan, China in the middle of the afternoon. Entire towns were destr... Read more

In what ways can words reach across time and distance, to speak with the dead, the unborn, past selves, and future possi... Read more

How does being othered in America impact our awareness of difference, and how does that lens affect our lived experience... Read more

Poet Yona Harvey on arrivals, departures, and renewals

In this week’s episode, correspondent and poet Shin Yu Pai shares another installment of Lyric World, now in its second... Read more

In this week’s episode, correspondent and poet Shin Yu Pai shares the fifth installment of Lyric World, featuring poet ... Read more

In this week’s episode, correspondent and poet Shin Yu Pai shares the fourth installment of Lyric World, featuring poet... Read more

In this week’s episode, correspondent and poet Shin Yu Pai shares the third installment of Lyric World, featuring poet ... Read more