About the presenters: \;
\nLaura Read was born in New York City and has lived most of her life in Spokane\, WA. She is the author of \;The Serious World \;(BOA Editions\ , 2025)\, \;Dresses from the Old Country \;(BOA Editions\ , 2018)\, \;Instructions for My Mother&rsquo\;s Funeral \ ;(University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2012\, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Pr ize for Poetry)\, and the chapbook \;The Chewbacca on Hollywood Bo ulevard Reminds Me of You \;(winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award\, 2011). A recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Gr ant\, a Florida Review Prize for Poetry\, and the Crab Creek Review Prize for Poetry\, Laura presents regularly at literary festiv als and conferences throughout the Northwest\, including GetLit!\, Write o n the Sound\, Litfuse\, and the Port Townsend Writers Conference. Laura se rved as Spokane&rsquo\;s Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017\, and she current ly teaches at Spokane Falls Community College and at Eastern Washington Un iversity.
\nKathlee n Flennniken \;is author of the poetry collection \;< em>Dressing in the Dark\, \;part of the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series edited by Linda Bierds and forthcoming in September 2025 with \ ;Lynx House Press. Her three previous collections include \;Post R omantic \;(University of Washington Press\, 2020)\, named a final ist for the Washington State Book Award\, \; \;Plume \;(University of Washington Press\, 2012) winner of the Washington State B ook Award and a finalist for the William Carlos Williams Award from the Po etry Society of America\, and \;Famous \;(University of N ebraska Press\, 2006)\, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetr y and named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. She lives in Seattle.
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