Literary Arts Annual Report 2024-25

WORDS FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

The work of artists and storytellers could not be more important than right now. We have entered an era flooded with propaganda that is both as old as power itself and being delivered in new ways. It’s an era filled with misinformation, rumor, and conspiratorial thinking that prioritizes spectacle over integrity, with algorithms building walls between us. It is an era where false narratives challenge our basic freedoms.

Our work at Literary Arts is to uplift truth tellers—be it a personal truth, or the facts of a subject or a time—and to do so for an intergenerational audience. Our work is to center voices from all walks of life here in Oregon and connect us all to some of the most inspiring artists, writers, and thinkers from around the world. We approach this work with sincerity, deference, joy, humor, and tenderness.

Forty years after our founding, we are still here to serve you. Because of the generosity, talent, and determination of so many in our community—see the hundreds of people who work, give, serve, partner, or support the organization on pages 16–20—we have reinvented Literary Arts, making it larger, more resilient, and capable of reaching more people. All the programs you love are still thriving, serving tens of thousands in concert halls, classrooms, on the airwaves, and also online. To house these programs, we have now completed a new permanent home for books, storytelling, and ideas, a place rooted in our city’s history that is open seven days a week and includes a bookstore, cafe, classrooms, a recording studio and staff offices. Our historic building at 716 SE Grand Avenue is named The Susan Hammer Center after the transformative gift from the estate of Susan Hammer which kickstarted our $22.5 million fundraising campaign, The Campaign for Literary Arts. Through the generosity of our community, I am proud to say that we own our building outright, with no debt whatsoever. This means the organization stands firmly here in Oregon, braced for the coming years and ready to offer shelter to the most important stories and ideas for readers and writers of all ages.

Thank you for the trust you have put in this organization, and for all the time, feedback, and resources you have given to our mission. We are here to continue to serve our community and adapt to the difficult times, in these moments of increased need. At Literary Arts, we are ready—and honored—to keep showing up for readers, writers, and dreamers across Oregon. We hope you’ll continue to be part of this story.

ANDREW PROCTOR, Executive Director | andrew@literary-arts.org

Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

LITERARY ARTS PROVIDES

44,000

29,500

260,000 arts experiences unique individuals across Oregon radio listeners

23,000 readers engaged

From the concert hall to the classroom, world-renowned authors interacted with our communities throughout the season. Our 2024–25 season of events featured more than 150 authors at Portland Arts & Lectures, Portland Book Festival, and other events. We loved welcoming audiences in the concert hall, festival stages, our new headquarters and bookstore, and on the radio.

We are excited to have reached so many students this year. Our Writers in the Schools program was in 12 schools, across classes such as Vocal Justice, Psychology, and Film Studies. Students read and performed their original writing in local bookstores, on festival stages, and in the Schnitzer Concert Hall. We had our busiest College Essay Exchange season yet, supporting 355 students with their personal statements. to and

2,000 writers supported

We honored the work of published writers with Oregon Book Awards and provided financial support to emerging and established writers and publishers through fellowships. We featured local and national writers at our new bookstore and community space, and brought writers to towns across Oregon for readings and workshops. We also hired writers to teach a variety of classes, in-person and online.

4,500 youth inspired

23,000 Readers Engaged

PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES

Thousands of subscribers and hundreds of high school students gathered in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for our 40th anniversary year of presenting. The landmark season lineup featured Amy Tan, Abraham Verghese, Timothy Egan, Emily Wilson, and M. Gessen. In addition to the lectures, authors engaged with readers and writers of all ages in sessions with professional writers and meetings with public high school students.

2,274 annual subscribers • 650 students attended for free • 648 books provided for free • 1,089 attended author visits • $34,117 donated to Youth Programs during the subscription renewals period

THE ARCHIVE PROJECT

Our radio show and podcast The Archive Project broadcasts a wide range of Literary Arts programming, including recordings from Portland Arts & Lectures, Portland Book Festival, Everybody Reads, Verselandia!, and other events. Our eleventh season premiered in November 2024.

Listen every Sunday at 7:00 p.m. on OPB radio, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

EVERYBODY READS

In partnership with Multnomah County Library and The Library Foundation, this year’s Everybody Reads program featured Javier Zamora and his bestselling memoir Solito. The library distributed 8,200 free copies of Solito, more than 1,200 of them in Spanish. The eBook and audiobook copies were checked out at least 8,000 times. During his time in Portland, Zamora met with around 500 students at Roosevelt and McDaniel high schools.

“As a Nawat Pipil who advocates for Land Back everywhere, I’ve never felt so supported by an organization and an audience. The organizers took time to plan an event that was thoughtful and inclusive, and it was an honor to be a part of such a powerful community. I am so grateful to Literary Arts for all of their work, their allyship, and their commitment to building a better world.”

—Javier Zamora, author of Solito

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“Portland

Book Festival delivered a truly inspiring day of events, connecting storytellers of all types with a broad community of readers of all ages. This was a weekend of engaging conversations and wondrous realizations.”

—Festival attendee

PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL

On Saturday, November 2, 2024, more than 6,000 book lovers of all ages flocked to Portland Art Museum and neighboring venues in downtown Portland to hear conversations about new books, from bestsellers to exciting debuts. Presenters included Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Powers, award-winning musician and picture book author Ani DiFranco, horror writer extraordinaire Stephen Graham Jones, bestselling romance novelist Casey McQuiston, and Portland’s own Renée Watson. The day also featured food trucks, a book fair, and pop-up readings in Portland Art Museum galleries.

148 presenters • 250+ volunteers • 10 stages • 6 venues • 79 exhibitors

““In these times, we’re hungry for genuine connection. We’re also drawn to good books because we need substantive, soulful, moving stories. The Portland Book Festival connects readers to writers in a warm, inclusive atmosphere, year after year. It’s a first-rate experience, a symbol of goodness in the world.”

—Festival attendee

DELVE READERS SEMINARS

Delve participants gathered weekly to read and discuss works by Karl Marx, Ursula K. Le Guin, Marilynne Robinson, and other writers.

190 readers participated in Readers Seminars

SPECIAL EVENTS

Literary Arts is honored to have hosted Special Events with some of the most remarkable authors at work today. In fall 2024, we hosted groundbreaking journalist Connie Chung speaking on her memoir Connie, bestselling author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell and his latest book Revenge of the Tipping Point, as well as Ta-Nehisi Coates with his first book of nonfiction in 10 years, The Message. Coates was in conversation with local author Omar El Akkad.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY

• Portland Book Festival lineup featured more than 50% BIPOC presenters (on-stage authors, moderators, and pop-up authors).

• Free and reduced-price tickets were offered for all programs, including through Arts for All and the Multnomah County Library’s Discovery Pass program. Youth tickets were free for Portland Book Festival, Everybody Reads, and Verselandia!.

• Javier Zamora’s sold-out Everybody Reads event was presented with live Spanish language captioning.

2,000

Writers Supported

OREGON BOOK AWARDS

The 2025 Oregon Book Awards finalists included 35 titles in seven categories, selected from 212 submissions by out-of-state judges. Omar El Akkad hosted the 38th annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony, held in-person on April 28, 2025, at Portland Center Stage at The Armory. The ceremony included the announcement of the Oregon Book Award winners and the presentation of the the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award to Jelani Memory, founder of A Kids Co., and the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award to Laura Moulton, founder of Street Books.

212 books submitted • 33 finalists recognized and celebrated • 443 books donated to 25 libraries across Oregon

OREGON BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR EVENTS

The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour visited Springfield, Corvallis, Grande Ronde, and Monmouth for readings and discussions. We also hosted two readings with finalists at the Literary Arts Bookstore at 716 SE Grand Ave.

8 authors visited 4 towns

2025 OREGON BOOK AWARD WINNERS

Ken Kesey Award for Fiction:

Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe (Knopf/Penguin Random House)

Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry: charity e. yoro, ten-cent flower and other territories (First Matter Press)

Angus L. Bowmer Award for Drama: Brianna Barrett, Still Harvey Still

Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction: Rebecca Clarren, The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance (Viking Books/Penguin Random House)

Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction:

Jaclyn Moyer, On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California (Beacon Press)

Leslie Bradshaw Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Literature: Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit (Clarion Books/HarperCollins Publsihers)

Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature: Anne Broyles, I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People (Holiday House)

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award: Laura Moulton, Founder, Street Books

Walt Morey Young Readers Award: Jelani Memory, Founder, A Kids Co.

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“It is a true honor to receive this kind of recognition from Literary Arts. Holbrook was a legendary figure who helped put Oregon on the map with his journalism, teaching and affinity for all things ‘lowbrow’. An award in his name offers a legacy to live up to, and I’m grateful for the opportunity.”

—Laura Moulton, founder of Street Books and 2025 Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award winner

OREGON LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS

We received 479 applications from writers and 24 applications from publishers for the 2025 fellowships. Recipients were selected by a panel of out-of-state judges who spent several months evaluating these applications, using literary excellence as the primary criterion. Four of these fellowships were funded by the Oregon Arts Commission.

2 writers awarded Oregon Literary Career fellowships of $10,000 each • 13 Oregon writers and 2 Oregon publishers awarded fellowships of $3,500 each, for a total of $72,500 fellowships awarded

EVENTS FOR WRITERS

We hosted our ongoing resident series featuring local and emerging writers: INCITE, One Page Wednesday, Slamlandia, and the BIPOC Reading Series. We also hosted the Bigfoot Poetry Slam.

1,561 total audience members attended 32 events with 13 community partners and 60 presenting artists

WRITERS FORUMS

As part of their visit to Portland, several of our Arts & Lectures writers met with current and former fellowship recipients and book awards authors for one-hour Q&A sessions.

33 Oregon writers met with 4 visiting authors

WRITING CLASSES

Writers honed their craft and explored a variety of genres in our classes, including autofiction, memoir, novel writing, and poetry. Classes met in-person and online. Over half of our students were from outside Portland.

466 students participated in 49 classes

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY

• 47% of 2025 OBA judges identified as BIPOC.

• 23% of writing teachers identified as BIPOC.

• 28% of 2024 OLF judges identified as BIPOC.

• 48 writing class and readers seminars students received an access tuition scholarship.

4,500 Youth Inspired

WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCIES (WITS)

We partnered with 21 educators at 12 public high schools throughout the year, serving students in Creative Writing, English, Psychology, Film, and a host of other subjects.

““As someone who enjoys writing in my personal time, getting a peek inside the mind of an accomplished writer was meaningful to me because it will help to shape my voice and ensure that I take into account a multitude of perspectives in my writing.”

—Benson High School student

878 students served in 41 classes • 20 professional writers hired • 56 students were published in the WITS anthology Standing in the Same Land • 11 more were published in the WITS chapbook Steppingstone

AUTHOR VISITS, EVERYBODY READS, AND STUDENTS TO THE SCHNITZ

Hundreds of students engaged with eight world-class authors in the concert hall and classrooms during our 40th anniversary season of events. 650 students attended lectures, and 1,089 students attended author visits. Youth Programs continued to partner with OPB’s Think Out Loud to combine the live interviews with author visits, giving students the opportunity to participate in the radio program. We held Think Out Loud interviews at Franklin, Woodburn, McDaniel, Grant, and Lincoln high schools.

728 free books provided to students who attended lecture events and author visits

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“Working with a professional writer made writing feel more real, and she showed [us] a lot of other professional writers who inspired me to want to be more focused on writing what I want to say.”

—Franklin High School WITS Student

VERSELANDIA! AND EAST SIDE SLAM

Verselandia! brought together poets from Portland and east Multnomah County high schools to compete for the title of Grand Slam Champion. Educators, friends, and family came out to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Thursday, April 24, to hear the students perform. Poet Julia Gaskill hosted the event.

21 students from 12 schools performed to an audience of 1,055 for a top prize of $1,000

The East Side Slam, which gives students from east Multnomah and Clackamas counties the chance to compete for the night’s top prize of $500, was held at Adrienne C. Nelson High School for an audience of educators, family, and friends. Seven poets from Parkrose, Nelson, and Gresham High Schools participated, and two finalists advanced to compete in Verselandia! Poet Stephen Meads hosted the evening.

COLLEGE ESSAY EXCHANGE

The College Essay Exchange offered 18 in-person sessions. 355 students from nine Portland area high schools received help from 88 volunteers to write and edit their college application materials. This year, we began a new partnership with local nonprofit Word is Bond to help mentor young Black students aged 14 to 18.

WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

We offered three workshops at the 2025 Portland Book Festival for high school aged students: poetry, fiction, and spoken word poetry. Students from across Portland, east Multnomah County, and Woodburn read their published work in front of an audience of nearly 200 at the WITS anthology launch.

22 students attended our workshops • 14 students read at the WITS student anthology launch

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY

• Continued deepening our relationship with schools outside of Portland and with culturally specific institutions

• 45.4% of students served identify as BIPOC, and 61.3% qualify for free and reduced lunch.

• College Essay Exchange, Students to the Schnitz, and Verselandia! are completely free for students and educators.

Literary Arts: Our Next Chapter

In February 2025, Literary Arts announced the successful completion of The Campaign for Literary Arts, which raised over $22.5 million in support of a new permanent headquarters and the future Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency.

Our new headquarters, located in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District, opened in December 2024 and is a vibrant hub for the community, with a main floor independent bookstore, classrooms for workshops and seminars, a podcast studio, staff offices, flexible event space, and a cafe. The historic building is named The Susan Hammer Center after a transformative $3 million gift from the Susan Hammer estate that allowed Literary Arts to purchase the building.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY

• 50% of the cost of the building construction and renovation project went to minority owned firms (35% BIPOC and 15% MWESB (minority, women-owned, and emerging small businesses).

• Twenty BIPOC leaders were paid a stipend to advise us on the project, from early visioning of the space to the furniture selected. The group included writers, educators, community leaders, and business owners.

• Removed all fossil fuels from the building and invested in an all-electric system.

• Added solar panels to the roof, a project made possible by Portland General Electric’s Green Future Renewal Development Fund.

• Hired Relay Resources for our janitorial services, a company dedicated to creating meaningful work for people with disabilities.

An Expression of Art Our Next Chapter:

Literary Arts commissioned a poem from former Literary Arts Board member and Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani to commemorate the grand opening of our new home at 716 SE Grand Avenue in Portland’s Central Eastside. Anis performed the poem in our new independent Bookstore as part of the grand opening celebration. His words welcomed in community and marked a transformative moment for the organization.

This boat we are in

Anis Mojgani after Joy Harjo and Rebecca Solnit

In the wilderness may our joy proclaim to us this imperfect map is what will bring us there from here to a far away nearness that is perhaps closer than it is far— it is hard to know sometimes the distance we are all carrying the map there after all is imperfect

the map there has been drawn by a number of hands some gone some not yet arrived (excerpt)

A Story of Gratitude Our Next Chapter:

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

AMY DONOHUE

Chair, Literary Arts Board of Directors | Principal, Bora Architecture & Interiors

Amy Donohue is one of the most impactful community members to be involved at Literary Arts, and she has made a profound difference in our organization. In 1984, Bora Managing Partner, Pat Harrington, offered free office space to a fledgling organization that would become Literary Arts. Since that time, Bora has remained connected and involved with Literary Arts. Amy continues that tradition during her last ten years on the Board of Directors for the organization.

In addition to board service, Amy served as principal architect of the new home for Literary Arts. Her contributions to the successful renovation and opening of our headquarters at 716 SE Grand Avenue have been transformative. Her visionary capacity to reimagine a 1904 building as a headquarters for Literary Arts and a welcoming cultural hub has been inspiring.

“Amy’s leadership was integral to every phase of our capital project, initially touring more than 40 buildings with our team and investing an extraordinary amount of pro-bono hours over multiple years. She led the engagement of hundreds of people in creating the vision for our new headquarters, including an advisory group of community design advocates comprising of 14 intergenerational leaders from BIPOC communities who were involved for the duration for the project.

We are deeply grateful to Amy Donohue and to Bora Architecture & Interiors for their incredible contributions to Literary Arts and its mission. Her work continues to inspire us as we step forward into the organization’s next chapter.

“From its start, the campaign has been a bright spot on the horizon, offering hope to our community and deepening our commitment to Portland. It has been my great honor and joy to be part of it.”

—Amy Donohue

THANK YOU

Thank you to the generous supporters who invested $1,000 or more in The Campaign for Literary Arts. These transformative gifts totaled more than $22.5 million, establishing Literary Arts’ new headquarters at 716 SE Grand Avenue. The Campaign also honors the work of Ursula K. Le Guin and will help launch an international writers residency program in the home where she spent much of her life.

CAMPAIGN DONORS

Jill & Ken Abere

David & Courtney Angeli

Anonymous

Anonymous

A to Z Wineworks

Ray & Jean Auel

Priscilla Bernard Wieden

Alexei Bien & Lauren McNerney

Bora Architecture & Interiors

Mary Brown Ruble & Craig Ruble

Amanda Bullock & Justin Taylor

Lisa & Royce Bullock

Wendy Burden

Ellyn Bye

Clifford and Doris Carlsen Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

Jane Carlsen & John Estrem

Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm & Kevin Kohnstamm

Ann Carter & Thomas Palmer

Connie Christopher & Kermit Chamberlin

The Collins Foundation

Anne Conway & Lou Baslaw

Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman

Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke

Cultural Advocacy Coalition

Tracy Daugherty

Roberta & Raymond Davis

Rebecca & Michael DeCesaro

Kathy Deggendorfer

Darren & Louise Demetre

Karen & Clifford Deveney

Devil’s Food Catering

Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon

Emi & Brett Donis

Amy Donohue & Paul McKean

Theodore & Nancy Downes-Le Guin

Justin Dune & Carol Sanders

Penny & Ken Durant

Ann & Mark Edlen

Ann & Ron Emmerson

Energy Trust of Oregon

Marilyn Epstein

Ellen Fader

Fidelity Charitable

Lana & Chris Finley

Alyce Flitcraft & Richard Solomon

Bob & Konky Forster

Cheryl Francis & Sam Tannahill

Bob & Jeanne Frasca Fund

Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith

Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke

Sarah Gibbon

Michele Goodman & Eric Wan

Nancy & Ronald Gronowski

Ken & Paula Hale

Missy Hall

Susan Hammer Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

Pat & Kelley Harrington

Susan Hathaway-Marxer & Larry

Marxer

Andrea & Ted Heid

Betsy & Tom Henning

Diane M. Herrmann

Jonathan & Jennifer Hill

Kimloan Hill

Mary Hirsch in honor of Dorothy

D. Hirsch

Mark Holloway & David Kahl

Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell

The Jackson Foundation

Jon V. Jaqua & Kimberly B. Cooper Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

Susheela Jayapal

The Johnson Family Foundation in honor of Eileen Johnson

Yuki L. Johnston

Laura Jones & David Livermore

Beth Kaye

Kell, Alterman & Runstein LLP

Maurice & Dori King

The Kinsman Foundation

Morley & Jim Knoll

CORPORATE PARTNERS

Peter Koehler, Jr. & Noël Hanlon

BettyLou Koffel

Molly Kohnstamm

William and Emmy Lawrence Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

Elizabeth Leach & Bert Berney

Caroline Le Guin

Charles Le Guin

Brandon Lenzi

David Levine

Jonathan & Sheila Levine

Jenny & Carter MacNichol

Lynn Marshall & Spiros Koyanis

Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund

Pete McDowell

Carolyn McKinney

Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth

Violet Metzler

Lora Meyer

Sarah Miller Meigs

Anis Mojgani

Marianne Morris

M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Anne Marie Murphy

National Endowment for the Humanities

Needmore Designs

Adrienne Nelson & Ted Poole

Northwest Independent Scholars Association

Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton

Jan & Steve Oliva

Katherine O’Neil & Toby Graff

O’Neill Construction Group

Judith Peterman

PGE Foundation

Sandy Polishuk

Diane Ponti & Ward Greene

Ponzi Vineyards

Maria Pope

City of Portland

Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy

Prosper Portland

Allyson Quirico

Jon Raymond

Bonnie & Peter Reagan Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

Michael & Judy Rompa

Alysa Rose & David Finkelman

The Roundhouse Foundation

Charlotte Rubin

Halle & Rick Sadle

Nathan Sasaki

J Schuberth & John Urang

Barb & Norm Sepenuk

Penny & Peter Serrurier Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

Jill Sherman

Nell & William Simkoff

Shirley Skidmore & Ron Quant

Bob Speltz & Dwight Adkins

The Standard

Dennis Steinman

Stoel Rives LLP

Donald & Roslyn Sutherland

Swinmurn Family Foundation

The Tammis Day Foundation

Geoffrey Tichenor & Stephanie

Engelsman

Travel Portland

Debra Turner Hatcher

Christine Vernier

Chabre Vickers

Kristi Wallace Knight & Eric

Wallace

Kristin & Nick Walrod

Amy Wayson & Ken Moran

Weinstein PR

Westover Charitable Fund

Jackie & William Willingham

Marcia & Tom Wood

Kathleen Worley

Sue Wright

Rebecca Wusz & William Mitchell

Dr. Candace Young

$1,000,000+ RAISED AT BOOKMARK 2024

Thank you to the generous donors who raised more than $1,000,000 at our annual Bookmark Gala on October 24, 2024!

2024–25 Literary Arts Supporters

THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SUPPORTERS

Gifts made between 06/01/2024–05/31/2025.

Director's Circle $25,000+

Tim & Mary Boyle

Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke

Roberta & Raymond Davis

Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon

Sue & Ed Einowski

Lana & Chris Finley

Betsy & Tom Henning

Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth

Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy

Priscilla Bernard Wieden

Sustainer's Circle $10,000-24,999

Anonymous

Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman

Rebecca & Michael DeCesaro

Marilyn Epstein

Cheryl Francis & Sam Tannahill

Dean & Alison Freed

Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke

Debra Turner Hatcher

Mary E. Hirsch

Molly Kohnstamm

Jonathan & Sheila Levine

Carolyn McKinney

Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton

Katherine O’Neil & Toby Graff

Diane Ponti & Ward Greene

Andrew Rowe & Kippe Spear

Donald & Roslyn Sutherland

Amy & Rand Thomas

Kristin & Nicholas Walrod

Marcia & Tom Wood

Sue Wright

Contributor's Circle $5,000-9,999

Jill & Ken Abere

Don & Mary Blair

Janie and Richard Cohen

Darren & Louise Demetre

Theodore & Nancy Downes-Le Guin

Eberwein Family

Fong Family

Bob Geddes

Sarah Gibbon

Janet Hoffman & John Harland

Hank Hummelt

Beth Kaye

Barbara & Jock Kimberley

Maurice & Dori King

Kristi Wallace Knight & Eric Wallace

Jenny & Carter MacNichol

Dorothy Piacentini

Andrew & Veronica Proctor

Jack Roberts

Sarah Rothenfluch

Halle & Rick Sadle

Bob Speltz & Dwight Adkins

Dennis Steinman

John & Sandra Swinmurn

Geoffrey Tichenor & Stephanie

Engelsman

Margaret & Tom Tuchmann

Jackie & William Willingham

Carl Wilson & Evan Boone

Supporter’s Circle $2,500-4,999

Anonymous

Ray & Jean Auel

Robert & Julia Ball

Nik Blosser

Anne Conway & Lou Baslaw

Gustavo Cruz

Dr. Marcia Darm

Emi & Brett Donis

Ann & Ron Emmerson

Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith

Kenneth Golsan

Linda & Ronald Greenman

Nancy & Ron Gronowski

Susan Hathaway-Marxer & Larry Marxer

Jonathan & Jennifer Hill

Mark Holloway & David Kahl

David J. & Anne Marie Johnson

Adam & A’Nova Lane

Caroline Le Guin

Barbara & Michael Maloney

Phillip M. Margolin

Brendan McGowan

Philip Miller & Colleen Cain

Marc Monaghan

Jan & Ed Murphy

Cabe and Brittany Nicksic

Irene Parikhal & Ian Yolles

Mary Brown Ruble & Craig Ruble

Jeanne Tobey & Shannon Spence

Amy Wayson & Ken Moran

Jason White

Tim Williams

Susan Winkler

THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL SUPPORTERS

Gifts made between 06/01/2024–05/31/2025.

INDIVIDUALS

$1,000+

Trish Atha

Jami Attenberg

Bethany Bacci

Jan Baross

Catherine Bekooy

Adriane Blackman

Bill Blosser

Erin Boniface & Patrick Cornell

Maureen Bradley

Peter & Julia Bromka

Virginia Burdick

Jane Carlsen & John Estrem

Anthony Cheng

Connie Christopher & Kermit

Chamberlin

Janie & Richard Cohen

Bonnie B. Comfort, Phd

Eloise Damrosch & Gary Hartnett

Roberta & Raymond Davis

Marvin & Abby Dawson

Kelly Douglas & Eric Schoenstein

Ann & Mark Edlen

Amy Edwards

Ken Edwards & Annie Edwards

Cynthia Snyder Fellows

Stephanie Fernandes

Alyce Flitcraft & Richard Solomon

James Nowlan Fowler

April Glister

Sara & Andrew Guest

William & Martha Hall

Jonathan Harms

Robert Hatt & Robert Mcconnell

Laura & Rocky Henderson

Molly Hiro & Lars Erik Larson

Terri & Robert Hopkins

Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd

Hubbell

Ed Hutson

Melinda & Jim Jackson

Susheela Jayapal

Shobha Jetmalani & Alex Burt

Michael Kirshner

Susan Kramer

Carolyn Kulog

Ronni Lacroute

Helen Langley

Mary Laughlin

Kathryn & Tim Mahaffy

Katherine Mccoy

Richard H. Meeker & Ellen F.

Rosenblum

*Deceased

Brenda L. Meltebeke & Scott K.

Stuart

Susan & Peter Mersereau

Meghan Moran & Kirk Masterson

Laura Moulton

Neilsen Family

Justice Adrienne Nelson

Robert Nimmo & Linda Jensen

Jan & Steve Oliva

Wendy Beth Oliver

Amy O’Neill & Larry Staver

Beverly Ormseth

David & Shirley Pollock

Nancy & Dick Ponzi

Per Ramfjord

Diane & Herb Rankin

Jon Raymond & Emily Chenoweth

Michael & Judy Rompa

Alysa Rose & David Finkelman

James Rosenbaum

Peter & Penny Serrurier

Nell & William Simkoff

Jaime Soltero Jr.

Darci & Charlie Swindells

Johanna Thoeresz

James Thommes & Marty

Majchrowicz

Stephanie Vance

Julie R. Wilson

Kathleen L. Wilson

Allison Winningstad & Michael

Dennis

Mari Souther Wyatt

Steven & Deborah Hewitt Wynne

Morton Zalutsky

Lincoln Zeve

$500+

Geri Abere

Kassie Alderson & Michael Ward

Donald Andersen

Heidi Anderson

Kris Anderson

Elizabeth Ash & David Morganstern

Danielle Beauvais

Dan Berne

Elizabeth Brown

Paul J. Burkhart

Karyle Butcher

Brent & Barbara Chalmers

Ginnie Cooper

Betsy W. Dailey

Jessica Decker

Gun Denhart

Shauna Ensminger

Barbara & Gunnar Erickson

David & Kendra Farris

Carlos Fernandez

Edmund Frank & Eustacia Su

Mark & Rebecca Frinell

Colleen Gardner

Alix Meier Goodman

Laura Gordon

Heather Guthrie & Gil Parker

Olivia & Joseph Hammerman

Mary Patt Hawthorne

Mariam Higgins

Pamela Smith Hill

Kent & Marisa Hirata

Holmgren Family

Vicki Howell

Susan & Rainer Hummel

Cheryl Ikemiya

Apricot Irving

Lauren Isaac

Molly Ishkanian

Noel Jackson

Barbara Jennings & Richard

Teutsch

Robert Johnson & Amanda Bird

Laura Jones & David Livermore

Laura Jordan & Tim Crippen

Elizabeth S. Joseph

Katie Kaput

Elizabeth Leach & Bert Berney

Sara Ledoux

Erica Lewis

Carol Schnitzer Lewis

Crystal Ligori

Kathryn Madison & Jeffrey Wertz

Jane Maland

Phil Marshall

Katherine McDowell & Kenneth

Lerner

Brenna McGee & Sam Goldstein

Jenny McGuire

Richard Meeker &

Ellen Rosenblum

Wendi Menashe

Alia Miles

Pamela Gesme Miller

Susan Moore & Phil Ottum

Marjory Morford

Paul Mueller

Deanna & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin

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The Road Ecologist Watches a Deer Chase a Coyote Off the Snoqualmie Wildlife Overpass

They might have a little history together. The road ecologist reads the WSDOT Tweet, watches the video over and over.

She squints at the night vision shapes of coyote and deer, bright and eyeless and bounding. She sides with the coyote, lone soul just trying to navigate the dark. The road ecologist understands what it’s like to be driven away, tail between legs, running.

The doe is alone, but who knows what small hearts quiver in the forest beyond? The coyote is alone, but who knows what small mouths pant in the distant den? I don’t want to be alone, the road ecologist thinks, refreshing the video again.

She can’t sleep, listens to nothing in the empty night. A little history together. As if that could explain instinct or fear. As if that could explain every severed longing, luminous bodies expanding the distance between them.