Tag: Life and Death

• Online Launch & Reading of American Graveyard, Vol. 2, Anthology

  

  Join passionate poets who are speaking out about gun violence in the United States. Whether you listen in for an hour or all four hours, you will be blown away by words of witness.

  Laura E. Garrard

  October 1, 2026

  American Graveyard, Book launch, Contributor Reading, gun violence, Laura E. Garrard, Life and Death, Paddling the Sweet Spot, poetry of witness, Red or Green Books

• Everett Poetry Night, Spoken Words, Featured Author

  Everett Poetry Night has been Everett, Washington’s premier poetic outlet since 2006. Gathering every Thursday to share poetry and song. We welcome everyone from the page poet to the slam poet, from the rapper to spoken word artist and singer songwriter. Laura E. Garrard will be the featured poet!

  Laura E. Garrard

  November 4, 2025

  Book Reading, Book Signing, Cancer Poetry, Everett Poetry Night, Laura E. Garrard, Life and Death, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Poetry Reading

• Paddling the Sweet Spot Book Launch

  

  Laura E. Garrard and Linda B. Myers will launch and read from their respective chapbooks, Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death and Load-Bearing Walls. Port Books and News will be on-site to sell their books, and you may have your books signed by the authors.

  Laura E. Garrard

  October 28, 2025

  Aging, Book Reading, Book Signing, Cancer Community, Cancer Poetry, Chronic Illness, diaspora, Laura E. Garrard, Life and Death, Linda B. Myers, Nature Inspired, Poetry, Poetry Book, Poetry Reading, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Publication, S. Salazar

• Forthcoming Chapbook

  

  Forthcoming March 2026 from Finishing Line Press, a poetry chapbook about the trauma of cancer diagnosis, grief, self-advocacy and recovery – a book about nature- and art-inspired healing.

  Laura E. Garrard

  June 16, 2025

  Arts in Health, Book, Cancer Related, News, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Publication

  Ableism, Book Publication, Cancer Community, Cancer Poetry, Cancer Support, Chronic Illness, Finishing Line Press, Grief, Laura E. Garrard, Life and Death, Multiple Myeloma, Nature Inspired, Paddling the Sweet Spot, Poetry, Trauma