Poet Michelle Latvala in Conversation with Emily Strong talking about “Between Latitudes”

Name: Poet Michelle Latvala in Conversation with Emily Strong talking about “Between Latitudes”
Start: 2026-04-23T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-23T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 290 East Main St, Ashland, OR, United States, Oregon 97520

Schedule

Thu Apr 23 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

290 East Main St, Ashland, OR, United States, Oregon 97520 | Ashland, OR

Join Michelle Latvala in conversation with local writer Emily Strong about Between Latitudes, a book that bridges Alaska’s boreal wilds and inner worlds with poetry on place, ancestry, resilience, and climate. “These poems dazzle the senses. Michelle Latvala’s intimate writing is unadorned with sentiment, tangible in lyrical description, and fiercely honest. You feel as though you, too, are there living in the wilderness, taking measure of your life, and feeling the wildness of your own heart’s experiences.” – Phillip Moffitt, former editor of Esquire.
Emily Alexander Strong is a local therapist whose personal essays have been published in the anthologies, “Its a Girl”, “A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers” and the Berkeley based magazine, “Bark”. As a mental health provider, Emily loves how Michelle’s poetry is imbued with a deep mindfulness and evolutionary perspective. Emily is thrilled to be in conversation with Michelle; exploring her deep connection to the dual latitudes that she calls home.
Michelle Latvala is the author of Between Latitudes (Green Writers Press). She is faculty for poet David Whyte’s Institute for Conversational Leadership on Whidbey Island, served as Executive Director of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California for a decade, and founded Insight Outside, which integrates writing and meditation programs in wild places. Michelle migrates thoughtfully between responsibilities in California and Alaska, where she built a cabin at the same latitude her Finnish ancestors inhabited for centuries in the shared circumpolar boreal forest. www.michellelatvala.com @michelle.latvala