What does it mean for a poem to witness, to testify? Please join three Northwest poets with distinct visions of what it means for words to witness. John Sibley Williams, Tina Schumann, and Josh Fomon will read from their new books, each of which testified to unique struggles, be they American culture, history, immigration, or

Daniel Poppick’s National Poetry Series-winning second collection, Fear of Description (Penguin, 2019), turns to the prose poem to take that dark humor of our lived experience in a different direction, one calibrated by the anxieties of modern existence. From Midwestern bars to Brooklyn apartments, Poppick’s autobiographical narrative poems focus on friendship and art as they

Novelist Katy Yocom and nonfiction writer Dianne Aprile read in celebration of the launch of Three Ways to Disappear, Yocom's debut novel, which won the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature. After the readings, they'll discuss Katy's novel, elements of craft, the writing process, and more. Bestselling author Elizabeth George said about the novel: “For her