FrizzLit summer party is Thursday night 🎉
With brand new works of art by Julia Sweeney, John Roderick, Sarah Rudinoff, Tomo Nakayama, Quinn Franzen, Rebecca Brown, Adam Haws, and more
There are so many artists in the lineup—across a range of disciplines—that I couldn’t fit them in the sub-headline above.
Plus we’re adding one more: the fiction writer Amy Hirayama, who wrote a 250-word short story for FrizzLit’s last creative writing class Creative Sparks that’s so good and so fitting of our sea theme we have to have Amy read it to us.
Scroll down to see more about all the artists on the lineup for The Great Beyond, one week from tonight.
Plus….
Portrait illustrations by Kathryn Rathke!!
Scroll down to see poster size in closer detail.
The lineup
Tomo Nakayama is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer, actor, and curator. He was born in Japan and raised in Seattle.
Sarah Rudinoff is an actress, singer, and writer whose new album Together is a love letter to artistic collaboration. She was born in Hawaii and trained in London.
Quinn Franzen is a poet. He is also an actor in film, theater, and television. He was born in Hawaii, did a lot of stage work in Seattle, and now lives in Brooklyn.
Adam Haws is the Orpheus of book club — listen to his Dracula and Metamorphoses music. He wrote the FrizzLit Podcast theme and lives near Lake Sammamish.
Heather McHugh is a poet who lives on the Salish Sea. Book clubbers know that poem about Echo & Narcissus, and that essay on Vesalius. She is also a photographer.
Rebecca Brown is a novelist, essayist, short story writer, podcast guest, opera critic, and friend of squirrels. She is currently leading the Melville book club.
Julia Sweeney is an actress, comedian, and writer best known for her film and TV work. She grew up in Spokane, went to UW, lives in Los Angeles, and has a Substack.
George Meyer is a playwright and humorist who was educated in biochemistry at Harvard. He lives near the Space Needle.
John Roderick is a singer, songwriter, essayist, podcaster, and bon vivant who was born in Seattle but raised in Anchorage. He lives on the island of Patreon.
Paul Matthew Moore is the piano player for the Silent Reading Party. He’s also a composer of film scores and the music director of UW’s dance program.
Debbie Miller is a songwriter from New York who lives in Seattle. Recent music includes the EP Heron and the song “You Should Sign Up to Kill a Whale.”
Audrey Van Buskirk is an editor, writer, and food critic who lives in Portland, Oregon. She is descended from body-snatchers.
Amy Hirayama is a Hapa writer from Seattle, a literary organizer for Common Area Maintenance, and the author of a 250-word short story called “Actually, I’m Seaweed.”
Poster sizes
This is Kathryn’s portrait of Rebecca Brown, shown for size.
You know about Rebecca’s squirrel thing, right?
Can't wait!