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Guest reader Rae Armantrout will be joining us for an evening of poetry!

Rae Armantrout has published more than two dozen books, including her recent book Go Figure, which came out from Wesleyan in August of 2024. Armantrout’s poems have appeared in journals and anthologies including several editions of The Best American Poetry series, The Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry, Poetry, The New Yorker, Lana Turner, Granta, and The Nation. In 2010 her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. She is the current judge of the Yale Younger Poets Prize.

Open mic sign up begins at 6:45 PM. Open mic under 4 minutes each! Ages 14+ please.

Hosted by Michele Bombardier, Bainbridge Island’s first poet laureate, author of What We Do. www.michelebombardier.com

Presented in partnership with Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Bainbridge Community Foundation, Bainbridge Island Rotary Club, Bainbridge Public Library, The City of Bainbridge Island, Town & Country Markets and the Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate Program www.bainbridgeislandpoetlaureate.org