Writers-in-Conversation Series

Cascadia is thrilled to host Writers-in-Conversation, a monthly series featuring award-winning author Michael N. McGregor interviewing important but often-overlooked Northwest writers. In partnership with the Edmonds Book Shop, the program highlights the thoughts, creativity, and work of authors who are shaping and bringing diversity to the Northwest literary scene today.

 

On March 13, McGregor will be talking with Mónica Guzmán, the author of I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times and the host of the podcast A Braver Way. The founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity, she is also a Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels and serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Multipartisan Education. The recipient of an honorary doctorate from Wheaton College, Mónica has completed study and research fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and the University of Florida.

 

McGregor is a Seattle-based author whose book Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award. After growing up in Seattle, he earned a BA in journalism at the University of Oregon and an MFA in creative writing at Columbia University. A former journalist and professor of creative writing, he curates the website writingthenorthwest.com. You can learn more about him and his work, including his new novel, The Last Grand Tour, at michaelnmcgregor.com.