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Please join us for our next reading! We gather from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the last Friday of each month (earlier dates in November and December) at Centro Cultural Mexicano in Redmond, Washington (see Where We Meet). All readings are free and include one or more featured readers, a break for snacks, and an open-mic reading for poetry or prose (usually about three or four minutes per person). We sometimes socialize at a nearby restaurant afterwards.
Please join us, and share in our open-mic reading!
Please join us, and share in our open-mic reading!
March 27, 2026 — Open Book
March 27, 2026 — Open Book
Western Washington Poets Network Anthology Reading
Western Washington Poets Network Anthology Reading
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
Open Book is a limited-edition letterpress publication edited by Griffith H. Williams for the Western Washington Poets Network. The book will be published in March of 2026 by East Point West Press, printed on a century-old Chandler & Price 10x15 letterpress built in 1911. Scheduled readers include Kandy Blackwell, David Fewster, Michael Magee, Julie Robinett, Alex Smith, Michael Dylan Welch, Griffith H. Williams, and Bonnie Wolkenstein, from among the 43 poets contributing to this anthology. Read more about Open Book.
April 24, 2026 — Jana Harris (poet)
April 24, 2026 — Jana Harris (poet)
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
Jana Harris has taught creative writing at the University of Washington and at the Writer’s Workshop in Seattle among other institutions. She is editor and founder of Switched-on Gutenberg. Her publications include You Haven’t Asked About My Wedding or What I Wore, Poems of Courtship on the American Frontier (University of Alaska Press), and the memoir, Horses Never Lie About Love (Simon & Schuster). Jana will be reading from a new manuscript: “The Girl Who Drew Horses, the Woman Who Painted Lions,” poems on the life and art of French Painter Rosa Bonheur (1822–99).
May 29, 2026 — Iz White (poet)
May 29, 2026 — Iz White (poet)
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
Iz White is an enrolled member of the Snoqualmie Tribe in King County. He grew up homeless in Seattle, well below the poverty line, in the 1990s. His tribe was federally recognized in 1999 and it has continued to strengthen its efficiency and stability in financial development. That has given Iz both a unique perspective and breathing room to pursue his biggest obsession in life, which has been to improve his craft of writing. He is an up-and-coming poet who speaks on social issues not only for his people, but all people affected by an ever-changing demographic in and around the greater Seattle area.
June 26, 2026 — Jack Straw Writers (poetry and fiction)
June 26, 2026 — Jack Straw Writers (poetry and fiction)
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
Readers to be announced.
June 31, 2026 — John Oftebro (historian and storyteller)
June 31, 2026 — John Oftebro (historian and storyteller)
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
John Oftebro is a Washington native and Redmond resident since 1974. After graduating with a pharmacy degree from Washington State University, John practiced in the Seattle area until joining Kelley-Ross Pharmacy in downtown Seattle in 1973. Since retiring in 2008, John has remained active in volunteer work and was president of the Washington State Pharmacy Foundation for 30 years. He also serves as a WSU Foundation trustee and is a member of the WSU Dean’s Advisory Committee at the College of Pharmacy. John is currently serving as president of the Redmond Historical Society.
August 28, 2026 — Nancy Mburu (Redmond poet laureate)
August 28, 2026 — Nancy Mburu (Redmond poet laureate)
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
September 25, 2026 — National Hispanic Heritage Month poetry reading
September 25, 2026 — National Hispanic Heritage Month poetry reading
6:00 p.m.
MC: TBD
Readers to be announced.
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