Join us for a FREE writing workshop and poetry reading on Thursday, April 9 with Oregon’s Poet Laureate: Ellen Waterston!

🌱 Rewilding Words: Writing Workshop with Ellen Waterson

⏰ 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Supplemented with handouts and using a variety of in-class approaches, this workshop will return writers of poetry and prose to the page with renewed commitment and inspiration.

📖 The Poetry Express: Presentation & Reading with Ellen Waterson

⏰ 6:00pm – 7:00pm

In 2024, Waterston was named to a two-year term as the eleventh Poet Laureate of Oregon. Having so far visited twenty-two out of thirty-six counties across Oregon’s 96,000 square miles, Ellen Waterston will reflect on her first term and the Poetry in Public Places initiative she has underway statewide. Her presentation will also include readings of her work and others, including poems by students she has met during her travels.

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