Hugo House yesterday announced their upcoming Literary Series themes and participants. As you probably know, the Literary Series features three writers — usually a mix of national and local writers — and one local musician reading new work based on a theme.

Last fall, Hugo House reopened in their new building (at the same old address) and so this spring marks the homecoming for the Literary Series, which has been happening in other locations (mostly Fred Wildlife Refuge) for a few years now.

To celebrate, Hugo House is changing up their themes. Recently, the Literary Series has used phrases for its thematic bouncing-off point (Heading Home was a recent theme, with others including Theft, Animals, and Exile.) The spring Literary Series events use titles of literary works as their themes:

• On March 15, novelist Benjamin Percy, journalist and novelist Vanessa Hua, Seattle poet Keetje Kuipers, and Seattle musical savant Sassyblack will be performing work based on "The Metamorphosis."

• And on May 24th, the theme is "Stranger in a Strange Land" and participants include memoirist Domingo Martinez, journalist Terese Marie Mailhot, official Seattle smart person Rebecca Brown, and singer-songwriter Bryan John Appleby.

Learn more about Hugo Literary Series here.