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SOUL Food Poetry Night

When:
May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm โ€“ 8:00 pm America/Los Angeles Timezone
2020-05-21T19:00:00-07:00
2020-05-21T20:00:00-07:00
Where:
SoulFood Coffee House
15748 Redmond Way in Redmond
Washington
Cost:
Free

Join Blue Cactus Press at SOUL Food Poetry Night for an evening of readings featuring Blue Cactus Press authors, followed by an open mic. Featured readers includeย Yousef Allouzi,ย Christina Butcher,ย Robert Lashley, Kellie Richardson and Michael Haeflinger.ย BCP will have books available for purchase and signing at the event.

About the Readers:

Yousef Allouziย is an author and data analyst currently living in the Pacific Northwest. He holds a BS in Economics and a Master of Public Policy from Oregon State University.

Christina Butcherย is a Chicana poet, publisher and veteran from New Mexico. Sheโ€™s also a teaching artist with Write253 and a bookseller at Kingโ€™s Books in Tacoma, WA.

Michael Haeflingerย is a poet and author of two chapbooks,ย Love Poem for the Everydayย (2011) andย The Days Beforeย (2014). He is the Executive Director for Write253, a literary arts organization in Tacoma, WA.

Robert Lashleyย is a writer and activist, as well as a 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Truat Fellow, and a nominee for a Stranger Genius Award.

Kellie Richardsonย is a writer, artist and educator from Tacoma, Washington. She served as the Tacoma Poet Laureate from 2017 โ€“ 2019, holding and curating spaces that centered Black, Brown, and LGBTQ voices.


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