One In Person, One Virtual!
The first reading is a virtual launch of the second volume of American Graveyard from Read or Green Books, on Sat. Oct. 24, at 12 p.m. Eastern. My ten-minute reading segment begins at 12:40 p.m. Eastern/9:40 a.m. Pacific. I will be the third reader! The event continues until 4 p.m. Join prior to my segment and stay as long as you like to hear stirring witness poems objecting gun violence in our country. My poem is “October 25, 2023 – Lewiston, Maine.” It is interesting timing to be reading, almost three years later to the day of the mass shooting in Lewiston. I will also read from my new chapbook, Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death, perhaps a new poem too.
Here are the Facebook and Zoom links for connecting to the reading:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1addon9JcK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88166541429?pwd=0M2xQMTboEpLwQKE0WlmabTdoofHrW.1&mynotes=on
Zoom Meeting ID: 881 6654 1429
Passcode: 160712
Live in Port Townsend!
I will also read in person with Gary Copeland Lilley and Joanne Clarkson at the Port Townsend Public Library on Thurs. Oct. 29, at 6-7 p.m. Port Townsend Poet Laureate Rufina C. Garay will host the event. As Gary has been a mentor for years, and Joanne and Rufina also studied with Gary as my classmates, this is a wonderful reunion for us. We hope to see many friends there, poets and readers!
“Join the City of Port Townsend Poet Laureate, Rufina C. Garay and local poets as they read poems that reflect observations, vulnerabilities, and ‘waypoints’ of the moment. Free, all ages welcome, bring good questions. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Port Townsend Library.”
Left: Rufina C. Garay (Photograph: Port Townsend Public Library Website.)
Port Townsend Public Library
Phone: (360) 385-3181
Address: 1220 Lawrence Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
You may click on the book titles below to read more about the authors and their books, and purchase books online in advance. Or find the the books at local bookstores, including Imprint in Port Townsend. We will also have books on hand to sell at the event.
Laura E. Garrard: Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death (Finishing Line Press, 2026)
Gary Copeland Lilley: Ravens on the Moaners’ Bench (Four Way Books, 2025) & Spirit in the Dark (Finishing Line Press, forthcoming Oct. 9)
Joanne Clarkson: There’s Always a Miracle: True Stories of Life Before & After Death (Black Triangle Press, 2022) & Hospice House (MoonPath Press, 2023)
2023 Port Townsend Writers Conference
(Photograph: Centrum Newsletter).
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