Stories from the Literary Project: Episode 4

Welcome to the Open Space for Arts & Community podcast! Episode four features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third chapter of !Attention! Artists at Work, an ongoing initiative presented by Open Space for Arts & Community.

 

!Attention! Artists at Work! hires working artists to create free, public art. Prior to The Literary Project, !AAW! launched "The Mural Project" and "Distance Dance." Learn more about those and upcoming !AAW! projects online at openspacevashon.org.

 

In late 2020, !Attention! Artists at Work announced “The Literary Project,” featuring Flash Fiction Prose & Poetry Project for writers from Vashon Island, Washington. 31 authors participated in “The Literary Project,” 23 of whom were financially impacted by COVID-19 and paid for their submissions.

This episode features 10 stories from The Literary Project, the third !Attention! Artists at Work project:

Seashell Heart by Vera Schoepe

Naked! Wild! And in Trouble Again by John Sweetman and Seán Malone

Bedtime Story by Heather Timken

The Hammock by John van Amerongen

land: to set down after conveying by Katy E. Ellis

Feed the Birds by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Angle Light by Karen Neslon

Minding Home by William Stott

Sing by Emily Keiko Pruiksma

You Are Who I Lost by Martha Enson

Episode narrated by Lyn McManus and Jeff Hoyt. Stories are inspired by the theme Close to Home. 

To read works from “The Literary Project,” get artist bios, learn more about !Attention! Artists at Work and Open Space for Arts & Community, or donate to this effort, visit openspacevashon.org.