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Laura McKee

Laura McKee received a BA from the University of Utah and an MFA from the University of Washington. Her first collection, Uttermost Paradise Place, was selected by Claudia Keelan for the 2009 APR/Honickman First Book Prize. See You Soon was published through the University of Arkansas Press as a finalist for the Miller Williams Prize. Her work has appeared most recently in Denver Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, and Cerise Press. In 2018, her manuscript, Love Letter(s), received the Robert Creeley Memorial Award from Marsh Hawk Press. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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2024 May Reading Series: Night 3

with Jarrett Ziemer, Catherine DeNardo, Stacy Nathaniel Jackson, and Gabriel Moseley

Friday, May 17, 7:00pm

7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. $10 suggested donation.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Writers at Folklife 2024

Catherine DeNardo, Josh Griffin, Mary Pan, Amontaine Aurore, McKenna Princing, and Elyse Hauser read their work

Saturday, May 25, 5:30pm

5:30pm start. Donations requested for the festival.

NW Folklife, Center Theater

Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series

Jack Straw Writers Program alumni read new poetry. Hosted by Kathleen Flenniken.

Monday, June 3, 7:00pm

7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.

Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Alumni Poetry Series

Jack Straw Writers Program alumni read new poetry. Hosted by Kathleen Flenniken.

Wednesday, June 12, 7:00pm

7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.

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20 Years of Jack Straw Writers: November 18, 2016

An anthology and reading from Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles celebrating the first twenty years of the Jack Straw Writers Program, 1997-2016

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