Poetry readings tonight in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Tom Aslin, whose books include Sweet Smoke and A Moon Over Wings, and Richard Widerkehr, a poet whose latest book is The Way Home, will share their thoughts tonight in a free reading.

The place is the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson St., just off Sims Way, and the reading will start at 7 p.m.

Widerkehr, who holds a Master of Arts from Columbia University, is a prize-winning writer whose poems have appeared in journals including Pontoon, Crab Creek Review and Salt River Review.

He has been a teacher, a case manager at a mental health clinic and a counselor in a hospital mental ward.

Aslin, whose A Moon Over Wings was a finalist for 2009’s Washington State Book Award, is a part-time resident of Port Townsend who aspires to be a full-time resident by December.

While Northwind readings are free, donations are accepted to support the arts center’s mission of connecting the arts to the community.

For more information, phone Bill Mawhinney at 360-437-9081.

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