F245. Celebrating Northwest Poets: Crab Creek Review’s 30th Anniversary Reading

Scott James Bookfair Stage, Washington State Convention Center, Level 4
Friday, February 28, 2014
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm

 

Five outstanding Northwest poets, featured in the special 30th anniversary issue of Crab Creek Review, read their work. Crab Creek Review is one of Seattle’s most prominent print journals, publishing both local and national writers. Started in 1984 by Linda Clifton, Crab Creek Review has published William Stafford, Madeline DeFrees, Rebecca Wells, and David Wagoner, among other notable Northwest writers and poets. Get a taste of Seattle poetry and discover why so many writers call this area home.


Participants

Moderator:

Peter Pereira is a poet and family physician in Seattle. His books include Saying the World and What's Written on the Body. His work has also been featured on The Writer's Almanac and the 2007 Best American Poetry.

Nancy Pagh has authored one book of nonfiction, At Home Afloat, and two collections of poetry, No Sweeter Fat, and After. She is the recipient of Artist Trust and D. H. Lawrence fellowships and Whiteley Center and Port Townsend Writers’ Conference residencies. She teaches writing at Western Washington University.

Molly Tenenbaum is the author of three books of poetry: By a Thread, Now, and The Cupboard Artist. Honors include a Hedgebrook residency, a GAP grant, and a 2009 Artist Trust Fellowship. She teaches at North Seattle Community College.

Marjorie Manwaring is an editor for the online poetry and art journal the DMQ Review and is on the editorial board of Floating Bridge Press, a publisher of Washington state poets.

Michael Schmeltzer has been a finalist for the Four Way Books Intro Prize and the OSU Press/The Journal Award in Poetry. He is the President of Operations and Poetry Editor of A River & Sound Review.

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