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A CELEBRATION OF POETRY & READERS featuring Dean Young and Deborah Landau
Join Copper Canyon Press and Hugo House for a celebration of the gift that is given between the poem and the poetry reader. Meet Copper Canyon authors DEAN YOUNG and DEBORAH LANDAU and other surprise guests. Allow us to introduce you to books of poetry you may not have heard of, or reintroduce you to poets you'd at one time rejected as not your type. Let us play matchmaker as you search for the poem that will light you up, or the collection that will make the perfect gift for the reader on your list. The first 200 people to RSVP will receive a special gift at the door.
About Copper Canyon Press: We are a nonprofit publisher that believes that poetry is vital to language and living. Since 1972, the Press has published over 400 titles, including works by Nobel Laureates Pablo Neruda, Czeslaw Milosz, and Octavio Paz; Pulitzer Prize-winners W.S. Merwin, Theodore Roethke and Ted Kooser; National Book Award winners Lucille Clifton, Hayden Carruth, and Ruth Stone; and many more including Roger Reeves, Jericho Brown, Richard Siken, Deborah Landau, and Camille Rankine.
About the event:
7-8 p.m. | Meet the press. Doors and bar open. Receive your special gift at the door, and join Copper Canyon Press poets for a cash bar and snacks. Chat with Copper Canyon Press staff and friends and browse our holiday book sale before the crowd arrives.
8-9 p.m. | Meet the poems. Copper Canyon poets and local guests will pay tribute to Copper Canyon authors past and present. After the reading, staff will play matchmaker, taking requests from those who seek a particular kind of poetry book; we'll pull just the right volume for your personal collection or for someone on your holiday list.
9-10 p.m. | Stick around to talk with each other about what poetry means to you and how it betters your life. Describe the poem you wish someone would write. Sit and read a while. Fill up on hope. Get a book signed. Do some DIY gift-wrapping. Raise your glass to another good year in poetry.
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LocationHugo House (View)
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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