Talented lineup set for Auburn Days Poetry and Literature
Published 2:53 pm Monday, August 10, 2015
For the Reporter
Everyone is welcome to Auburn Days Poetry and Literature – a full day of readings, book and small press fair – at the Auburn Avenue Theater.
The program, part of the Auburn Days Festival on Saturday, is free and begins at 10 a.m., with performance poet and teaching artist Matthew Brouwer providing a workshop.
Auburn Poet Laureate Marjorie Rommel, one of nine guest poets on the program, is scheduled to speak from 12:40 to 12:45 p.m. on the importance of poetry and community.
An open-mic contest and open-mic non-contest conclude the program from 3 to 5 p.m.
Auburn Days, the City of Auburn, the Auburn Arts Commission, 4 Culture, Striped Water Poets, and Adventure Books present the program.
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Schedule:
• 10 a.m.-noon: Workshop – organizing your manuscript from start to finish, presented by Matthew Brouwer
• Noon-12:40 p.m.: Lunch break
• 12:40-12:45: Auburn Poet Laureate Marjorie Rommel on the importance of poetry and community
• 12:45-1 p.m.: Emilie Rommel Shimkus
• 1-1:15: David D. Horowitz
• 1:15-1:30: Tacoma Poet Laureate Cathy Nguyen
• 1:30-1:45: Lorraine Healy
• 1:45-2: Joann C. Roberts
• 2-2:15: Shannon P. Laws
• 2:15-2:30: Natasha Moni
• 2:30-2:45: Brouwer
• 2:45-3: Break
• 3-5: Open mic poetry contest (six prizes awarded)
• 4-5: Non-contest open mic is held while the contest judges deliberate.
Host/emcee: Christopher J. Jarmick
Contest judges: Brouwer, Laws, Healy
Afterward: Join the group at Trotter’s Restaurant, 825 Harvey Road, Auburn, for dinner and conversation
Book fair, small press Fair participants: Adventure Books; Rose Alley Press; Seven Circle Press; String Town; and Tahoma Literary Review.
