• The Write Place welcomes acclaimed poet Michael McGriff to read and discuss his work

    HL - Hamersly Library 345 N Monmouth Ave, Monmouth, Oregon, United States

    Michael McGriff’s poems, essays and translations explore the intersection of surrealism with place, working-class life, and poverty in rural America. Born and raised in Coos Bay, he studied at the University of Oregon, The Michener Center for Writers, and Stanford University. He is the author of several books and the director of the Creative Writing […]

  • The Write Place welcomes Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston to read and discuss her work

    WUC - Willamette Room 400 Monmouth Ave N, Monmouth, OR, Monmouth, OR, United States

    Ellen Waterston is the is the author of several books, including Walking the High Desert, Encounters with Rural America along the Oregon Desert Trail, the essay collection Where the Crooked River Rises, the memoir Then There Was No Mountain, and four poetry collections, including Hotel Domilocos and Vía Láctea, A Woman of a Certain Age […]