Description
Poetry reading featuring poet Allisa Cherry, followed by open mic.
Guest reader Alissa Cherry will be joining us for an evening of poetry, emceed by retiring Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate Michele Bombardier!
Allisa Cherry was raised in a rural religious community in the irradiated high desert along the eastern border of Arizona. She has long since relocated to the Pacific Northwest where she completed her MFA in Poetry at Pacific University. Allisa works in workforce development teaching classes designed for immigrants and refugees transitioning to a life in the United States and is an associate poetry editor for West Trade Review. She is the winner of the 2024 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize and has been a finalist for both Persea Books’ Lexi Rudnitsky Prize and The Sewanee Review’s poetry contest. Her writing has appeared in many literary journals, including TriQuarterly, Penn Review, The Journal, The Baltimore Review, Rust & Moth, High Desert Journal, EcoTheo, and The Account. Her poetry collection, An Exodus of Sparks, was published this past year by MSU Press.
Open to the public, and everyone is welcome (ages 14 and up.) No need to register in advance. Signup for the open mic will start at 6:45 pm. Poets will be asked to keep their readings to three minutes. Refreshments provided!
Bainbridge Open Mic at the Library is sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate Program, the Bainbridge Public Library, and the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), with funding support from the Bainbridge Community Foundation and the City of Bainbridge Island. Refreshments provided by Town & Country Market.
