Pacific Walkers: A New Collection from Nance Van Wickel

Anticipation is building for Nance Van Winckel's forthcoming poetry collection, Pacific Walkers (2013).

The collection takes its name from the brand of shoes worn by a John Doe, one in a series of unidentified bodies found during Van Winckel's time as a reporter. The poems give voice to the nameless and forgotten--from the anonymous deceased to the portraits in discarded photo albums.

 

Nance Van Winckel is the author of five collections of poetry and three collections of short stories. She is a two-time National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient. You can find more information about her here.

Get Lit! Festival presents Pie & Whiskey

George W. Bush once famously said, “We ought to make the pie higher.” In honor of that sentiment, Sam Ligon, associate professor of creative writing at Eastern Washington University, and Kate Lebo, Seattle-based poet and renowned pie baker, will host the first ever Get Lit! Pie & Whiskey Reading. Authors will read poetry, short fiction and flash nonfiction inspired by the two greatest after-dinner delicacies: pie and whiskey, which will be served at this event. You must be 21 to attend. 

Readers include: Steve Almond, Elizabeth Austen, Caitlin Horrocks, Chris Howell, Laurie Lamon, Kate Lebo, Sam Ligon, Tod Marshall, Shann Ray, Molly Tenenbaum, Nance Van Winckel, and Jess Walter.

Date: Thursday, April 12

Time: 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Woman's Club, 1428 W 9th. (This venue is not easily ADA-accessible. Please contact us ahead of time if you'd like to attend so we can make the proper arrangements. 509.359.6977 or getlit@ewu.edu)
 Cost: Free admission will include complimentary pie and one beverage. Additional beverages will be for sale. 

Special thanks to Dry Fly Distillery and Woodinville Whiskey Company for supporting this event.

Beacon Hill Reading

The Beacon Hill Reading Series presents an evening of poetry and prose with Megan Cuilla, Simeon Mills, and Nance Van Winckel on Wednesday, January 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities in the Spokane Community College library. The reading is free and open to all to attend.

MEGAN CUILLA received her MFA from Eastern Washington University in 2009. She is a part-time poet and full-time cat wrangler whose hobbies include baking cookies and eating them. She has excellent oral hygiene and dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. Her work is published or forthcoming in Rock and Sling and Knockout.

SIMEON MILLS has published short fiction in The Hawaii Review and StringTown, and on monkeybicycle.com. His graphic work has been featured on Top Shelf 2.0. He received an MFA in fiction from the University of Montana. He lives in Spokane, Washington with his wife and son.

NANCE VAN WINCKEL has published three books of short stories and five poetry collections, the most recent of which is No Starling (2007, University of Washington Press). Nance has received various awards for her work, including two National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowships, a Pushcart Prize, Poetry Magazine’s Friends of Literature Award, two Washington State Artist Trust Awards, The Midland Authors Award, and awards from the Poetry Society of America. She teaches in the Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Spokane.

What: Beacon Hill Reading featuring Megan Cuilla, Simeon Mills, and Nance Van Winckel
Where: SCC Hagan Foundation Center
When: January 26, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Spokane Words

Listen up, Spokane. The MAC is hosting a night of articulate composition and word play. That's what Spokane Words is all about and Get Lit! looks forward to attending and seeing you there tonight.

Hear poems by Robert Wrigley, Nance Van Winckel, Mark Anderson, Ciara Shuttleworth, Kurt Olson, Ashley Ruderman, Jonathan Potter, Amanda Maule, and others as they read in the middle of a newly installed exhibit.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to the Get Lit! table afterwards.

What: Spokane Words
Where: The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
When: Thursday, Nov. 3 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Price: Suggested $5 donation

For more information, visit www.northwestmusuem.org