Mark Your Calendars for Sam Green
From the desk of Mary Paynton Schaff
In order to honor National Poetry Month, the Washington State Library is excited to announce that we will be hosting our state’s first poet laureate, Samuel Green, for an evening event on April 9, 2009, at 6:30 pm.
Sam Green is a native of Washington and currently resides on Waldron Island. He has authored numerous poetry collections, has been a visiting poet and instructor for several Washington and northwest universities and colleges, and has been the editor of Brooding Heron Press for the past 30 years. Mr. Green’s poetry collection The Grace of Necessity won the 2008 Washington State Book Award in Poetry.
Please join us for this celebration of poetry in the main reading room on the second floor of the library. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and seating is limited and available on a first come basis.
For more information about this upcoming program, please contact Library Events at (360) 704-5269 or [email protected]
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