Enjoy readings by Nellie Bridge and guest Rodrigo Rojas, and celebrate National Poetry Month in community.
Explore stations throughout the library where you can try out beginner-friendly poetry activities or flex your creative skills.
This celebration will feature poetry readings by by Clallam County Poet Laureate Nellie Bridge and guest poet Rodrigo Rojas.
Rodrigo Rojas is a poet, translator, and scholar whose work focuses on multilingual poetics and Indigenous literature.
He is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Viaje al jardin de la noche (2024), and the essay book Lengua Escorada: traducción como resistencia en cuatro poetas mapuche (Pehuén Editores, 2009). Rojas is known for his translations and studies of contemporary Mapuche-language poets. He is currently collaborating with visual artists in creative projects and curatorship. He is also part of the art collective Setebos that develops a transdisciplinary creative practice across Patagonia.
The Clallam County Poet Laureate position is supported by the North Olympic Library Foundation and Clallam County.
AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Teens | School Age | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Reading & Writing | Arts, Music & Culture |
The main library is home to the Raymond Carver Room, Margaret Coffey Room, study rooms, and the archive room with local history resources.
