11/15: Book Launch! Ally Ang, Let the Moon Wobble

Ally Ang is a gaysian poet & editor based in Seattle. They are a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and MacDowell fellow. Ally's debut poetry collection, Let the Moon Wobble, is out from Alice James Books in November 2025. They co-host Other People’s Poems, a poetry open mic and reading series. Find them at allysonang.com or @TheOceanIsGay.

Cass Garison is a poet & artist. They currently live in the woods with their cats & make art books. Cass also co-organizes Threshold, a queer/trans poetic-performance art series, and co-hosts Wormhole Retreat, an annual retreat for writers & artists working in any medium. They have an MFA from University of Washington and were a 2023-24 Hugo House Fellow. Their first chapbook, "Beauty Exasperated," was published through Common Meter Press in 2024. Find their poems at Poets.org, Gulf Coast, Split this Rock, Foglifter, Shō Poetry Journal, Washington Square Review, & elsewhere. More at CassGarison.com, & some arts on instagram at @CassGarisonArt.

Jane Wong is the author of the memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Tin House, 2023). She also wrote two poetry collections: How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships and residencies from the U.S. Fulbright Program, Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room, Artist Trust, Hedgebrook, UCross, Loghaven, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and others. An interdisciplinary artist as well, she has exhibited her poetry installations and performances at the Frye Art Museum, Richmond Art Gallery, and the Asian Art Museum. She grew up in a take-out restaurant on the Jersey shore and is an Associate Professor at Western Washington University.

Seattle cellist Gretchen Yanover creates string atmospheres woven with warm melodies. She performs as a soloist with her electric cello and looping pedal, along with her classical music life on acoustic cello. Gretchen is a member of NW Sinfonietta orchestra and also serves on their DEI task force. Yanover has performed for Earshot Jazz Festival and TEDx Seattle, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University and University of Oregon. Gretchen has had Artist Residencies with Shunpike, Seattle Public Library, Town Hall Seattle, and Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. Yanover has 5 solo albums to date.