Ellen Ziegler's guest appearances

Ellen Ziegler

The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library Events

Alain De Botton

Henry James

Jeannette Walls

Sarah McBride

Ijeoma Oluo

Colson Whitehead

Luvvie Ajayi

Emily Dickinson

David Shields

Michael Eric Dyson

Ava Duvernay

Pete Buttigieg

Robert Thurman

Anthony Ray Hinton

Gretchen Rubin

OwlTail

Molly Tenenbaum

“Exercises to Free the Tongue” -- poems and text by Seattle poet Molly Tenenbaum, artist's book by Ellen Ziegler -- is illuminated with historic images and ephemera from the poet’s grandparents, who were ventriloquists on the vaudeville circuit in the early 1900s.  Tenenbaum and Ziegler will touch on the subjects of poetry, poetry married to imagery, ephemera, family history, the magic worlds of vaudeville and ventriloquism, times past and present. -- Molly Tenenbaum is an award-winning author of three poetry collections. She teaches English at North Seattle College and music in her living room. Recent honors include support from 4Culture and Artist Trust to produce the collection celebrated today. -- Artist Ellen Ziegler’s practice includes the making of artist’s books. She has collaborated with poet/musician Patti Smith and poet Frances McCue, as well as poet Molly Tenenbaum. Her work is in the collections of Harvard, Yale, Mills College, University of Washington and many other university and private collections. She's an Artist Trust Fellow in Design and a winner of numerous grants and awards in fine arts.

Ellen Ziegler and Molly Tenenbaum discuss great ventriloquists