WEEKEND: Poets featured at Fourth Friday Reading Series in Port Townsend tonight

Published 12:01 am Friday, May 22, 2015

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 22.

SEQUIM — Poets Gerald Braude and Terry Persun of Port Townsend will be featured at the Fourth Friday Reading Series at 6 tonight.

Writers on the Spit will present the free program at a new location, The Lodge at 660 Evergreen Farm Way.

Braude is a full-time classical and jazz guitarist with more than 25 years as a performer.

Between gigs, he writes manuscript reviews for iUniverse and has edited six books for Booktrope Editions.

Persun has been writing and publishing his poetry since the early 1970s.

His work has appeared in many small and university magazines

He speaks at writer conferences and universities across the country on a variety of writing craft topics.

The Fourth Friday featured writers are followed by an hour of five-minute open-mic readings.

Those interested in reading their poetry or prose are invited to put their names in the hat.

For guidelines, email Rmarcus@olypen.com.