Reporter staff
Auburn Days Poets on Parade and Other Literary Adventures – a full day of readings and programs – is set for Sunday, Aug. 11.
The public is invited to take in the free program at the Auburn Avenue Theatre, 10 Auburn Ave.
There also will be a Book & Small Press Fair and book swap in the main lobby throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Auburn Days, Adventure Books of Seattle, Striped Water Poets, and Jim and Ruth Fletcher are sponsoring the event.
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SCHEDULE
Sunday, Aug. 11
• 9 a.m. to noon – Free poetry workshop: Ready Set Submit! Submission strategies and writing exercises: Laura LeHew
• 12-12:30 p.m. – Lunch Break
• 12:30-1 p.m. – Panel discussion: On The Changing Publishing Industry with Debra Di Blasi and Laura LeHew
Featured poets:
• 1-1:05 p.m. – Benediction Poem from Auburn Poet Laureate “Wicked” Dick Brugger
• 1:05-1:20 p.m. – Jennifer Bullis, Impossible Lessons
• 1:20-1:35 p.m. – Marci Ameluxen, Lean House
• 1:35-1:50 p.m. – Jill McCabe Johnson, Diary of the One Swelling Sea
• 2:00-2:15 p.m. – Elizabeth J. Colen, Waiting Up for the End of the World
• 2:15-2:30 p.m. – Laura LeHew, Willingly Would I Burn
• 2:30-2:45 p.m. – Malorie Spreen, The Underneath and In Between
• 2:50-3:20 p.m. – Jack McCarthy Memorial Readings
• *3:30-5 p.m. – Open Mic Poetry Contest (six prizes awarded)
• *4:15-5 p.m. – Non-contest open mic
* Time listed (approximate) held while the contest judges deliberate
Collection of Reflections authors are invited to read in either open mic and be recognized prior to the Non-contest open mic
• Afterward – Join the poets at the Station Bistro for dinner and conversation
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Book & Small Press Fair participants:
David Ash: Basho Press www.bashopress.com
Lana Ayers: MoonPath Press, Concrete Wolf Press, World Enough Writers www.moonpathpress.com, www.concretewolf.com, www.worldenoughwriters.com
Peggy Barnett: Photographer & Poet – On Your Left www.prbarnett.com
Robert Blevins: Adventure Books www.adventurebooksofseattle.com
Gerry Bradley: KLAY 1180 AM Radio Personality – Chit-Chat Cafe: Yarns from the Heart & Birds from the Thicket
Debra Di Blasi: Jaded Ibis Productions www.jadedibisproductions.com
David Horowitz: Rose Alley Press www.rosealleypress.com
Erik Korhel: Piecemeal Publishing www.piecemealpublishing.com
Laura LeHew: Uttered Chaos Publications www.utteredchaos.org
Carol McCarthy: Books by Poet & Performer Jack McCarthy
Amber Nelson: Alice Blue Review & Publishing www.alicebluereview.org
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For more information, contact Brendan McBreen (stripedwaterpoets@gmail.com) or see https://sites.google.com/site/stripedwaterpoets/auburn-days-literary-adventures-poets-on-parade for more information.
