The Salon has garnered press mentions both locally and nationally. Selected clips below. If you’re a journalist interested in covering the event, please contact us.
Teen Angst Becomes Grist for Local Literary Mill
Seattle Weekly, August 2007
“Most people view it as being hugely therapeutic. Some of these [old diaries] literally have a lock on them! And then you read this intimate writing in front of an audience, and everyone’s laughing and shouting things back like, ‘Oh, I’ve been there!’ And then you realize that these intimacies, these secrets that we held so close in our adolescence, were completely universal. We have people between their early 20s and their 50s reading. These mortifying thoughts are all the same.” [Read full article]
Teen angst readings: Embarrass yourself
The Oregonian, July 2007
Seattle’s “Salon of Shame,” initiated in late 2005, has become so popular that last month it moved from a small theater to a larger arts center on Capitol Hill. It has clear rules: Teen readings are the most entertaining, though college and childhood entries are acceptable. Keep your stage time brief, and don’t read anything you’ve ever received, regardless of its provenance. [Read full article]
The Immortal Words
Seattle’s The Stranger, May 2006
The Salon is home to full-fledged stories that seem to belong on This American Life, and equally sublime artifacts about the purchasing of peace-symbol earrings and the comparing of devotions between high-school couples and the lovers on Guiding Light. The American teenage flashback is a glorious place to be. Here, we have all noticed the enviable state of Dana’s Keds. [Read full article]