Guest readers Rick Barot and Samyak Shertok will be joining us for an evening of poetry!
Rick Barot was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. His fourth book of poems, The Galleons, was published by Milkweed Editions and was longlisted for the National Book Award. He directs The Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University. His newest book of poems, Moving the Bones, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2024.
Samyak Shertok’s debut collection, No Rhododendron, was selected for the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. A finalist for the National Poetry Series, the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and the Jake Adam York Prize, he has been awarded the Robert and Adele Schiff Award for Poetry, the Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry, and the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize. Originally from Nepal, he is an assistant professor at Mississippi State University.
Sign up to read opens at 6:45pm. Ages 14+
*Cookies, courtesy of T & C, wine, and tea will be served.
*Hosted by our Poet Laureate Michele Bombardier, and Bainbridge Public Library. Event held at Bainbridge Public Library at 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.
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