Hope and Renewal: Celebrating the Poetry in Our Lives
In times of darkness, literature shines as a guiding light, illuminating the path forward with hope and renewal. Join us at Hugo House for an evening of poetry that uplifts, inspires, and reminds us of the power of words to heal and bring us together. As we celebrate National Poetry Month, we welcome Claudia Castro Luna sharing the stage along with some of our finest community poets, many of whom attended our free community write-ins, sharing their work. Through verse, we’ll navigate these challenging times, finding solace and direction in the beauty of language—like the steady glow of a lighthouse leading us safely to shore.
Funding for this evenign provided by City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
The House bar will be open to serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.Claudia Castro Luna
Claudia Castro Luna is the author of Cipota Under the Moon (Tia Chucha Press, 2022); One River, A Thousand Voices (Chin Music Press, 2020 & 2022); Killing Marías (Two Sylvias, 2017) finalist for the WA State Book Award 2018, and the chapbook This City (Floating Bridge, 2016). She served as Washington’s State Poet Laureate (2018-2021) and as Seattle's inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2017). She was named Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow in 2019. Her most recent non-fiction is in There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis (Vintage). Born in El Salvador, Castro Luna came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, she writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.
