*PUGET SOUND POETRY CONNECTION * *DISTINGUISHED WRITER SERIES* *FRIDAY OCTOBER 11* *FEATURED READER – JENNIFER BOYDEN* Jennifer Boyden is the author of two books of poetry, *The Declarable Future* (awarded The Four Lakes Prize in Poetry) and *The Mouths of Grazing Things* (winner of The Brittingham Prize in Poetry), both with University of Wisconsin Press, as well as the novel *The Chief of Rally Tree* which was awarded the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature. Prior, Jennifer was a PEN Northwest Wilderness Writing Resident, which allows one writer to live and write for a year in unparalleled solitude in a remote region of the Rogue River in southern Oregon. Her work appears in multiple journals, including* Basalt Magazine*, *Solstice Literary Magazine*, and *Gettysburg Review*, among others. Jennifer serves on the faculties of Spring Street International School and Eastern Oregon University's low-residency MFA program. She lives on San Juan Island in Washington state with her husband, daughter, and carrot-loving donkeys. Reading at Immanuel Presbyterian 901 N J Street Tacoma WA 98103 Doors open at 7 PM Reading in Basement Fellowship Room – Enter from Parking Lot Open mic follows the featured reader. All are welcome to sign up.