Seattle Reads presents Poetrees with Claudia Castro Luna

In honor of Earth Day and Poetry Month, join us for an indoor/outdoor interactive workshop that celebrates trees through poetry. Attendees will have the opportunity to share their love and interest in trees, take a short nature walk, and write their own poems. All ages are welcome.

About the Presenter:

Claudia Castro Luna has been an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow, the Washington State Poet Laureate, and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet. She is the author of “One River, A Thousand Voices;” the Pushcart nominated “Killing Marías,” shortlisted for the Washington State 2018 Book Award in poetry; and the chapbook “This City.” Her most recent nonfiction can be found in the anthology “There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis.” Born in El Salvador, she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens.

Seattle Reads “You Are Here” is presented in partnership with African-American Writers’ Alliance; Creative Aging at the Frye; Elliott Bay Books; Hugo House; KUOW Book Club; La Sala; the Memory Hub, UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center; Open Books: A Poem Emporium; Poetry Northwest; Pongo Poetry Project; 4Culture Poetry in Public; Seattle Arts & Lectures Youth Poetry Fellowship; Third Place Books.

It is made possible by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and The Wallace Foundation, with additional support from Milkweed Editions, KUOW-FM, and media sponsor The Seattle Times.

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