the river—
coming to it with nothing
in my hands
 
   —Leatrice Lifshitz

4days until
the next SoulFood Poetry Night!

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Next Reading — now in our sixth year!

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Featuring Jeannine Hall Gailey and Martha Solano
Weather Alert: The January 19 reading was cancelled due to the snowy weather. The two scheduled readers, Jane Alynn and Judith Roche, will be rescheduled for later in the year.
SoulFood Books, 15748 Redmond Way, Redmond, Washington

SoulFood Books Website / Store Location / Directions


If you haven’t been to SoulFood Poetry Night, you’re missing out on a warm and vibrant poetry community! On the third Thursday of every month (second Thursday in December), SoulFood Books in Redmond, Washington, is home to SoulFood Poetry Night, an evening of engaged and engaging poetry in a magical environment. Our performance stage features professional sound and lighting systems in an inviting gallery and café setting in SoulFood Books.
SoulFood Poetry Night is curated by Michael Dylan Welch, and has been running since July of 2006. We ask one featured reader to select someone else to read with them. This process echoes the sense of community and connection that is central to SoulFood Books, brings in new voices, and helps to create harmony or contrast in our reading series. Featured readers start shortly after 7:00 p.m. After we have a break to enjoy the bookstore, its art gallery, and especially its café, we have an open-mic reading where we invite you to share your poetry. Our featured readers are mostly from the greater Seattle area, but we welcome poets from farther afield as well.
Explore this site to see future readings and past readings (with photos and bios of featured poets), directions, and other details. Hope to see you at our next reading! If you have questions or want to contact us, click the Curators link.
 
 
See photos of the SoulFood Poetry Party, June 28, 2009
See additional 
photos of SoulFood Books
See streamed video of two of our readings,
November 19, 2009 (featured readers and open mic), and June 17, 2010 (featured readers and open mic)
See SoulFood Poetry Night on
Channel 13 Fox TV News
Read a Redmond Patch article about SoulFood Books
SoulFood Song
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