Leaf of Voices Part I: New & Known

Join our editor, Steve Luttrell, for “Leaf of Voices: Part 1: New & Known” at the Portland Public Library Saturday, January 19 from 2:00pm – 3:30pm in the Rines Auditorium.

https://www.portlandlibrary.com/events/leaf-of-voices-part-i-new-known/

From the Portland Public Library website:

“This first installment in the Leaf of Voices Poetry Series is a collaborative poetry reading created by “New and Known” voices to the Greater Portland audience. Hosted by Linda Aldrich, Portland’s Poet Laureate, the reading will feature past poets laureate in collaboration with new voices to Portland’s poetry scene.

We are thrilled to welcome Marcia Brown, Anna Turner, Steve Luttrell, Craig Sipe, Martin Steingesser, Deborah Pfeffer, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, and Samaa Abdurraqib to the stage of our Rines Auditorium. We hope you will join us for the kickoff of our poet laureate series! Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be served.

(Please note that, in the event that harsh weather causes the library to close, a snow date has been scheduled for Friday, January 25th.)

About the Series » Leaf of Voices Poetry Series

Linda Aldrich, Portland’s Poet Laureate, hosts a series of poetry readings that feature a range of local voices through varying themes and collaborations of poets. Inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem Voices, this series is intended to highlight Greater Portland’s active community of poetic voices and provoke thoughtful conversation around the art of poetry.

The Leaf of Voices Poetry Series is a project of the Portland Poet Laureate Program, in collaboration with Portland Public Library and the Portland Poet Laureate Committee.”