*Join Blue Cactus Press http://bluecactuspress.com on January 30th as we
welcome local poets Kellie Richardson, Robert Lashley & Nicole McCarthy to
share some of their latest work with audiences at Third Place Books -
Seward Park. Readings begin at 7pm, followed by book signings. *
This is a FREE event, located at: 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle WA 98118
[image: SWD 2020-01-30 Poetry.png]
KELLIE RICHARDSON is a writer, artist and educator born and raised in
Tacoma, Washington. Her work explores the intersection of race, class, and
gender. Kellie has authored two books, The Art of Naming My Pain (2019),
a collection of poetry, prose and collage; and her debut poetry
collection, What
Us Is (2017). She also served as Tacoma Poet Laureate from 2017-2019.
Kellie is particularly inspired and called to explore the experiences of
women of color, and the intersectionality of identities.
ROBERT LASHLEY is a writer and activist, as well as a 2016 Jack Straw
Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award.
Robert Lashley has had work published in The Seattle Review of Books,
NAILED, Poetry Northwest, McSweeney’s, and The Cascadia Review. His
poetry was also featured in such anthologies as Many Trails to The Summitt
, Foot Bridge Above The Falls, Get Lit, Make It True, and It Was
Written. His previous books include THE HOMEBOY SONGS (Small Doggies
Press, 2014) and UP SOUTH (Small Doggies Press, 2017).
NICOLE MCCARTHY earned her MFA from the University of Washington Bothell.
Her work has appeared in The Offing, Redivider, Glass: a Journal of
Poetry, The Shallow Ends, Ghost Proposal, Moonchild Magazine, Memoir
Mixtapes, Civil Coping Mechanism’s A Shadow Map anthology, the 2018
Best American Experimental Writing anthology and others. Her work has also
been performed and encountered as projection installation pieces throughout
Tacoma and Seattle and her written work can be found at
nicolemccarthypoet.com
https://www.google.com/url?q=http://nicolemccarthypoet.com/&sa=D&ust=1576106540275000&usg=AOvVaw3FPjoLsiIcUiGDN8-VkbmT.
She is a 2018 Artist Trust GAP award recipient.
*Join Blue Cactus Press <http://bluecactuspress.com> on January 30th as we
welcome local poets Kellie Richardson, Robert Lashley & Nicole McCarthy to
share some of their latest work with audiences at Third Place Books -
Seward Park. Readings begin at 7pm, followed by book signings. *
This is a FREE event, located at: 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle WA 98118
[image: SWD 2020-01-30 Poetry.png]
*KELLIE RICHARDSON* is a writer, artist and educator born and raised in
Tacoma, Washington. Her work explores the intersection of race, class, and
gender. Kellie has authored two books, *The Art of Naming My Pain* (2019),
a collection of poetry, prose and collage; and her debut poetry
collection, *What
Us Is (2017)*. She also served as Tacoma Poet Laureate from 2017-2019.
Kellie is particularly inspired and called to explore the experiences of
women of color, and the intersectionality of identities.
*ROBERT LASHLEY* is a writer and activist, as well as a 2016 Jack Straw
Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award.
Robert Lashley has had work published in The *Seattle Review of Books,
NAILED, Poetry Northwest, McSweeney’s*, and *The Cascadia Review*. His
poetry was also featured in such anthologies as *Many Trails to The Summitt*
, *Foot Bridge Above The Falls, Get Lit, Make It True*, and *It Was
Written*. His previous books include *THE HOMEBOY SONGS* (Small Doggies
Press, 2014) and *UP SOUTH* (Small Doggies Press, 2017).
*NICOLE MCCARTHY* earned her MFA from the University of Washington Bothell.
Her work has appeared in *The Offing*, *Redivider*, *Glass: a Journal of
Poetry*, *The Shallow Ends*, *Ghost Proposal*, *Moonchild Magazine*, *Memoir
Mixtapes*, Civil Coping Mechanism’s *A Shadow Map* anthology, the *2018
Best American Experimental Writing* anthology and others. Her work has also
been performed and encountered as projection installation pieces throughout
Tacoma and Seattle and her written work can be found at
nicolemccarthypoet.com
<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://nicolemccarthypoet.com/&sa=D&ust=1576106540275000&usg=AOvVaw3FPjoLsiIcUiGDN8-VkbmT>.
She is a 2018 Artist Trust GAP award recipient.
