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SUMMARY:Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Feature Reader & Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join this popular international online event hosted by Sandra Yannone! To view and/or participate you must register in advance through Zoom and then receive the Join the Meeting Link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTLhKUnste \nThis event features published authors and their books at the start  of the program\, then opens up slots for 1-poem readings in an Open Mic through a First Come\, First Serve sign up. \nThere will be a theme of “Mind\,” which may refer to mindfulness\, present-mindedness\, madness\, or whatever fits! My paired featured reader is Nathan Spoon.
URL:https://lauraegarrard.com/event/cultivating-voices-live-poetry-feature-reader-open-mic/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Featured Author Event,Open Mic Opportunity,Poetry Reading
ORGANIZER;CN="Kim Port Parsons":MAILTO:kimportsparsons@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Paddling the Sweet Spot Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Official Chapbook Launch at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center \nLaura E. Garrard and Linda B. Myers will launch and read their respective chapbooks\, Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death and Load-Bearing Walls. Port Book and News will be on-site to sell their chapbooks\, and you may have your books signed by the authors. Sequim Latine author S. Salazar will also read from her book based on cultural diaspora\, \, Raíces\, Relics\, & Other Ghosts. \nS. Salazar reading her book\, Raíces\, Relics\, & Other Ghosts.\nIn addition\, you will be able to view a wonderful art exhibit in the Esther Webster Gallery: Field Notes\, “a visual love letter to the birds of the Pacific Northwest.” \nPlease RSVP through the PAFAC (https://pafac.org/). This is a free public event. \nFor more information about Linda’s book\, see her website: LindBMyers.com.
URL:https://lauraegarrard.com/event/paddling-the-sweet-spot-book-launch/
LOCATION:Port Angeles Fine Arts Center\, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd\, Port Angeles\, WA\, 98362\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Signing,Poetry Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura E. Garrard":MAILTO:garrardpoet@lauraegarrard.com
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SUMMARY:Seedfall Magazine Launch and Reading\, Third Place Books Seward
DESCRIPTION:Lynne Ellis and Tulipwood Press of Seattle present Volume 2 of Seedfall: Emergence. One of my photographs is published in this issue\, and Ellis invited me to read from my new book at this celebratory event! My books will be available for purchase. Hear other contributors read from this issue as well! \nseedfall\nA literary journal of poetry + prose + visual art\, named for the wealth of samaras that cover the ground in autumn at Tulipwood headquarters. These morsels sustain birds and blanket the soil through the cold months. When spring comes\, hundreds of tiny cotyledons fill the spaces between stones.\n  \n\nWhy Third Place?\nSociologist Ray Oldenberg suggests that each of us needs three places: first is the home; second is the workplace or school; and beyond lies the place where people from all walks of life interact\, experiencing and celebrating their commonality as well as their diversity. It is a third place. In his celebrated book\, The Great Good Place\, Oldenberg discusses how the cafes\, pubs\, town squares\, and other gathering places make a community stronger and bring people together.
URL:https://lauraegarrard.com/event/seedfall-magazine-launch-and-reading-third-place-books-seward/
LOCATION:Third Place Books Seward Park\, 5041 Wilson Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Featured Author Event,Poetry Reading
ORGANIZER;CN="Lynne Ellis":MAILTO:tulipwoodbooks@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Eagle Harbor Book Co.\, Bainbridge Island\, w/Kelli Russell Agodon & Sandra Yannone
DESCRIPTION:Come out for a remarkable three-author reading at the well-loved Eagle Harbor Books on Bainbridge Island. Sandra Yannone has two books just out: Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic (Salmon Poetry) and Fire at the Big Top (MoonPath). Kelli Russell Agodon’s new release is Accidental Devotions (Copper Canyon). And of course\, mine is Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death (Finishing Line Press). \n  \n \n  \n \nEagle Harbor Book Company: “Nestled in the center of beautiful Bainbridge Island\, WA\, we are a full service\, locally-owned\, and proudly independent bookstore. A short ferry ride from Seattle and a quick walk from the ferry terminal\, we have been serving the Kitsap Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest since 1970.”
URL:https://lauraegarrard.com/event/eagle-harbor-book-co-bainbridge-island-w-kelli-russell-agodon-sandra-yannone/
LOCATION:Eagle Harbor Book Company\, 157 Winslow Way E\, Bainbridge Island\, WA\, 98110
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Signing,Featured Author Event,Poetry Reading
ORGANIZER;CN="Jim Albert":MAILTO:jim@eagleharborbooks.com
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SUMMARY:Creative Colloquy Literary & Open Mic\, Featured Reader in July
DESCRIPTION:The New Frontier Lounge in Tacoma\, Washington.\nLaura E. Garrard will be a featured reader on this night to celebrate her chapbook release! \nBring your short stories\, poems\, and essays to share during the open mic portion. Please note\, open mic allows performers 5 minutes. This time limit is firm to allow all readers an opportunity to share. \nCC is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike. \nThis program is supported in part by Tacoma Creates\, a program of the City of Tacoma. \n 
URL:https://lauraegarrard.com/event/creative-colloquy-literary-open-mic-featured-reader-in-july/
LOCATION:The New Frontier Lounge\, 301 E 25th St.\, Tacoma\, WA\, 98421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Featured Author Event,Open Mic Opportunity,Poetry Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Creative Colloquy":MAILTO:jackie.d.fender@gmail.com
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