[A person with long hair Description automatically generated with low confidence]<https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/events/62f1621b9bf320280089aa39> We Belong: Writing Your Personal Mythology & Origin Story Join poet and University of Puget Sound Librarian Wendy Lee Spaček for a writing workshop based on the themes of the Tacoma Reads youth selection We Belong by Cookie Hiponia. During the workshop, you will be guided through a series of writing exercises to mine your personal mythology (family lore, cultural traditions/heritage) in order to write your own poetic origin story. For teens and adults. Please register in advance: https://bit.ly/wls_oct15 About Wendy Lee Spaček: Wendy Lee Spaček is a poet and librarian originally from the Midwest. Her first book, Psychogynecology, was published by Monster House Press in 2015. She is a co-editor of poetry books, ephemera, & experiences at Poiesis, SYZYGY (2020-22), Monster House Press & Monster House Presents (2016-19), and Soft River (2010-2016). Her poems can be found (under her poet-name WLS) in print and online at Poets.org, Breakwater, The Portland Review, Carolina Quarterly, W The Trees, and more. She holds an MFA in poetry from Indiana University and a BFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She currently lives and works in the Pacific Northwest, where she is the Arts & Humanities Librarian at the University of Puget Sound. [cid:image002.png@01D8D72B.3F1ED360]Mariesa Bus she/her/hers Public Information Officer Tacoma Public Library<https://www.tacomalibrary.org/> M: 253.457.1867 Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/TacomaPublicLibrary> * Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/tacomalibrary/> * LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/tacoma-public-library> * Twitter<https://twitter.com/tacomalibrary>