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Richard Hugo House,
Seattle
Our dear friend and beloved author, Tara Hardy, needs our help.
On May 31st, Tara's friends and colleagues will host a benefit to raise funds with feel-good poems for this great cause...
Tacoma poetry events
BOOST: Poetry to Uplift Your Spirits (A Benefit for Tara Hardy)
Friday, May 31
7:00p
"James Arthur, Natalie Diaz, And Tomas Q. Morin"
Saturday, Jun 1
7:30p
Open Books: A Poem Emporium,
Seattle
This evening we welcome three poets who have recently seen the arrival of their first books and who all have a connection to beloved Copper Canyon Press...
Mary Szybist
Friday, Jun 7
7:30p
Open Books: A Poem Emporium,
Seattle
She is the recipient of a Witter Bynner Fellowship, an Academy of American Poets Prize, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts...
Rain City Slam with the "Letters To..." Slam and Featured Poet Greg Bee
Wednesday, May 22
7:30p
Scratch Deli,
Seattle
Open Mic, Themed Poetry Competition and featured poet.
The Letters to Slam is a slam open to poems written in the form of a letter...
Robert Wrigley
Friday, May 24
7:30p
Open Books: A Poem Emporium,
Seattle
In his ninth collection, Anatomy of Melancholy and Other Poems ($20 Penguin), Robert Wrigley offers poems both warm and aching in language that is fluidly musical and lucidly evocative...
Distinguished Writer Series
Friday, Jun 7
7:00p
Kings Bookstore,
Tacoma
Distinguished Writer Series meets every 2nd Friday of the month at Kings Bookstore (218 St. Helens, Tacoma) at 7:00 p.m. Featured reader and open mic.
Round 98: Musicians, slam poet Greg Bee, live painter Alexie Hoffman, more
Tuesday, Jul 9
8:00p
Fremont Abbey Arts Center,
Seattle
Round 97 w/ poet Greg Bee, musicians, live painter Alexie Hoffman, more.
2nd Tuesdays @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center
http://www.theround...
The Financial Lives Of The Poets
Sunday, Jun 9
2:00p
Book-It Repertory Theatre,
Seattle
Adapted and directed by Myra Platt Matt Prior wakes up from his American Dream (writing a financial advice column in blank verse) with an overdrawn bank account, no job, his senile father a new fix...
Michael Collier
Friday, Jun 21
5:30p
Open Books: A Poem Emporium,
Seattle
We're delighted to snare a reading by Michael Collier during his stop in Seattle. His most recent collection, An Individual History ($25.95), was published in 2012 by W.W. Norton...
Round 97: 8th Birthday! w/ poet Elaina Ellis, musicians, live painters, more
Tuesday, Jun 11
8:00p
Fremont Abbey Arts Center,
Seattle
Round 97 w/ poet Elaina Ellis, musicians, live painters, more.
2nd Tuesdays @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center
http://www.theround...
Singing Classical Persian Music and Poetry Workshop Performance
Saturday, Jun 22
8:00p
Create a Poetry Chapbook
Tuesday, Jun 4
7:00p
The Olympia Senior Center,
Olympia
“Creating and Publishing a Poetry Chapbook” is the theme for the Tuesday, June 4, Paul Gillie Workshop sponsored by the Olympia Poetry Network. The event takes place from 7-8:30 p.m...
Laura Reed And Maya Jewell Zeller
Sunday, May 26
3:00p
Open Books: A Poem Emporium,
Seattle
Two poets from east of the Cascades share their work with us this afternoon. Laura Read's recent collection, Instructions for My Mother's Funeral ($15...
