From Charles Potts:

Teri Zipf of Walla Walla will be joined by Greg Bem of Issaquah, Washington, in a pubic reading of their poems, both from new books published in Walla Walla by Hand to Mouth Press.

Teri Zipf is an award winning poet, notably the William Stafford Memorial Award for poetry, given by the Pacific Northwest booksellers Association for her first major collection, Outside the School of Theology. Zipf has a new book, The Vertigo of All Those Stars. She will be having a book signing at Book and Game bookstore on the corner of First and Main Street earlier in the day on Saturday from 11 to 2 PM on Saturday the 21st of May.

The reading will be later on Saturday the 21st of May, At 7 pm in Grandma’s Kitchen at 36 South Colville Street.

Greg Bem, a frequent visitor to Walla Walla and a favorite with local audiences will be reading from his new book, Of Spray and Mist. Bem is a world traveler, a librarian and a keen observer of the natural world. His work is widely available on the internet.

The reading is open to the public and Admission is free. For more information, call Hand to Mouth at 509-204-2120.