Ada Limón Kicks Off Poetry Series on 10.5
Our Poetry Series kicks off next Wednesday night, Oct. 5, at McCaw Hall with 2015 National Book Award finalist and UW alum Ada Limón. She is the author of four books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry, a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award, and one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year by the New York Times.
Her other books include Lucky Wreck, This Big Fake World, and Sharks in the Rivers. She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program, and the 24Pearl Street online program for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. She also works as a freelance writer splitting her time between Lexington, Kentucky and Sonoma, California.
Tickets available here.
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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for the 3rd Annual WITS Back-to-School Breakfast! Together you raised $86,705 to send our talented WITS Writers Back to School to inspire and engage more than 5,000 local K-12 students this year. WITS matters, and we are so thankful for your support of this life changing program.
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