Christopher Howell’s reading will livestream on December 8, 2021 on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel. You can register for this event with Tom Hogan at [email protected] It will then be available for viewing on demand on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel and on DVD through the … Continue reading →

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2021

7:00 pm Salem Poetry Project Featuring B... @ zoom

Salem Poetry Project Featuring B... @ zoom

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Benjamin Gorman is an award-winning high school English teacher, political activist, novelist, poet, and co-publisher at Not a Pipe Publishing. He lives in Independence, Oregon with bibliophile and guillotine aficionado Chrystal, his favorite son, Noah, and his dog, E.V. (External … Continue reading →

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2021

4:00 pm Outloud at Last–An Evening of Po... @ Dan Liberthson

Outloud at Last–An Evening of Po... @ Dan Liberthson

Dec 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

In this group, poets work with a different partner each week, write a poem every day to prompts generated by the members in turn, and then exchange and comment on the poems. Reading poems written using this method will be … Continue reading →

7:00 pm Salem Poetry Project Featuring D... @ zoom

Salem Poetry Project Featuring D... @ zoom

Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dale Champlin, an Oregon poet with an MFA in fine art, has poems published in Willawaw, Visions International, San Pedro River Review, catheXis, The Opiate, Pif, Timberline Review and elsewhere. Her first collection, The Barbie Diaries, was published in 2019. … Continue reading →

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1:30 pm Burning Down the Old Year: Writi... @ Virtual workshop on Zoom

Burning Down the Old Year: Writi... @ Virtual workshop on Zoom

Dec 18 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

To ring in the new year right, I’ve created a generative poetry workshop geared toward the holiday! In this intensive generative workshop, we will discuss how contemporary poets have explored the landscape and emotional changes of the New Year season. … Continue reading →

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2021

7:00 pm Salem Poetry Project Featuring F... @ zoom

Salem Poetry Project Featuring F... @ zoom

Dec 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

You are the featured reader! Bring your favorite poem about Christmas, Hanukah, Thanksgiving…Festivus and maybe a little story about it. We will also have the regular open mic so have some poems ready, we will keep reading until we run … Continue reading →

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