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Writer, teacher, prophet, Sharon brings clarity to a world that often seems to be spinning out of control - a world rife with overt racism and religious bigotry, hyper political partisanship and mounting income inequality, social media vitriol and sharply divided families. This collection of essays, many of which first appeared in The Oklahoma Observer, speaks to, and helps make sense of, the issues of a specific era. But really, it's timeless. Though the generations change, the issues largely remain the same. Sharon's insightful prose no doubt will apply then, as now.

Andi attends her college reunion every year. This year is Safehaven College's fiftieth anniversary. As usual, she will meet up with her college friends, visit with professors, and stay in the dormitory for the weekend. Things start out as usual, but on the first night of the reunion, her former college professor seeks her out. Dr. Emelie Walraven has something to tell her and her friends that will change their lives forever. Andi and her friends go on several missions to battle with dark forces on campus, and in between the missions, they learn a lot about themselves. The weekend offers many surprises, including reunting with her long-lost family who has been split apart by magic. Andi gains access to an ancient library that holds ancient books, scrolls, and artifacts that help her understand many long-standing questions. An old pear tree on Conundrum Hill has been the meeting place of her family for centuries. This is an entertaining, often funny story about friendship, values, family, and the battle between light and dark.

Piss and Vinegar is a short book detailing Love, Hate, Loneliness, Fighting, and Existence through free verse poetry. Written by Justin Oberstadt, it is a collection of poems he wrote attempting to explain his experiences as a teenager.

What would you do if you were speaking and no one was listening? Writing and no one was reading? Existing without any feedback? For many of the authors and poets in What No One Ever Tells You, this question isn't a matter of theory. And the answer, for many, has been the sublimation of truth, emotions, and the creative impulse--voices relegated to the underground. Published in December 2018, What No One Ever Tells You is an amplifying collection of voices that continue to speak. It is the first anthology of student work from Underground Writing, a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in Northern Washington through literary engagement and personal restoration. Made possible, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission, the book includes nearly 100 pages of student writing, micro essays by Underground Writing's Teaching Writers, a list of resources, site profiles, and a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Quiara Alegría Hudes. As Hudes says in her Foreword: "These authors may be far from the levers of change, but they have decided to write their truth, and in doing so, they have certainly changed me."

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At 34, Christen is unemployed and lonely when, on a whim, she decides to knit a half-mile blue line from a bench to Bellingham Bay, a decision that cracks open a world of social interaction with her lovable and quirky neighbors. In the three and a half years she knits at the Bench, Christen visits a Trappist Monastery, falls in love, and recommits herself to the crazy life of a contemporary artist. Told with honesty and self-deprecating humor, Skein is both an intimate glimpse into Christen's psyche and a warm and sparkling account of a real neighborhood with all its joy and sorrow. Knitting in downpours, cold and record-breaking heat, Christen finally arrives at the Bay. In the end, her greatest artwork is the neighborhood that comes together in radical celebration and love.

In the time that has passed since the murder of our son, I have met and talked to many others that have lost a loved one to murder and I can say without hesitation their only hope and interest has become receiving justice on the loved one's behalf. These victim survivors are not vigilantes, nor are they obsessed with revenge. They continue to be decent law-abiding citizens who now are forced to deal with their grief and emotions on a day-to-day basis. They see because of attending the many criminal proceedings and experiencing firsthand the criminal justice system in America all they are truly interested in is that if the person accused of the murder of their loved one is proved beyond a reasonable doubt to be guilty of the crime, they simply want and may expect that the guilty person or persons receive the punishment the law says they must receive. When this happens, then, and only then will they not be "Beneath the Law," but equal to the law and justice served.