Wild author to appear in Port Townsend today, Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, is making a pair of public appearances in Port Townsend today and Saturday.

The two appearances are at 7:30 tonight in the Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way, and at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.

Admission is free to both.

Strayed, who taught this past week at the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference at Fort Worden State Park, will discuss Wild — which is No. 1 on The New York Times best-sellers list — as well as Tiny Beautiful Things, her just-published collection of advice columns from the online magazine TheRumpus.net.

Tonight’s reading, also to feature writer Dana Levin, is hosted by Centrum, and more details are at www.Centrum.org via the “Writing” link and at the Centrum office at 360-385-3102.

Saturday’s afternoon with Strayed is presented by the Port Townsend Library. Details can be found at 360-385-3181 and www.PTPublicLibrary.org.

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