McNulty, Hughes to read poetry Thursday in Port Townsend
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, April 22, 2014
PORT TOWNSEND — A pair of poets known across and beyond the North Olympic Peninsula will read from their new books at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson St., on Thursday night.
Tim McNulty, author of Ascendance, and Holly J. Hughes, whose latest collection is Sailing by Ravens, will step up at 7 p.m., and as usual with the Northwind Reading Series, admission will be free.
Hughes, who’s also co-author of The Pen and The Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World and other books, has spent more than 30 summers working on the water in Alaska in a variety of roles, including commercial fishing for salmon, skippering a 65-foot schooner, and most recently, working as a naturalist on ships.
McNulty’s poetry and nature writing include the award-winning books Olympic National Park: A Natural History, Grand Teton: Where Lightning Walks, and the Pleasure Boat Studio poetry collection In Blue Mountain Dusk.
Ascendance, his first book of poetry in years, ranges from “Caitlin and the Moon,” about the birth of McNulty’s daughter, to “Opening the River,” about the Elwha Dam coming down.
For more about Thursday’s poetry reading and other Northwind events, phone organizer Bill Mawhinney at 360-437-9081 or visit www.NorthwindArts.org.
