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State Library to host Poet Meets Poet event Nov. 29

State Library to host Poet Meets Poet event Nov. 29

Kathleen Flenniken Join Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken, and West Region National Student Poet Miles Hewitt, as they share their talents in an evening of conversation and poetry sponsored by the Washington State Library. The free 90-minute gathering, sponsored by the Washington State Library, starts at 6 p.m. in the Legislative Building’s Columbia Room (located on the first floor), on the Capitol Campus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Gov. Gregoire last February approved Flenniken’s appointment as State Poet…

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Calling poetry fans … meet the state’s first Poet Laureate

Calling poetry fans … meet the state’s first Poet Laureate

If you’re a poetry fan, you’ll want to attend an event at the Washington State Library on Thursday, April 9. Samuel Green, Washington’s very first Poet Laureate, is being honored in a special ceremony at the library that night. The program begins at 6:30, with the doors opening at 6. During the event, Sam will do a reading of his poetry. The poems will be about Washington-based subjects.  He also will bring some of his books to sell and will autograph…

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