“Making Piece: A Memoir of
Love, Loss and Pie”
Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m.
When journalist Beth Howard’s husband died, she left her old life behind and took an RV out on the American road, scratching out a new life, baking and distributing homemade pies. Howard will appear in conversation with local author Diane Mapes. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E.
“The Poems of Jesus Christ”
Friday, April 13, 7 p.m.
Renowned poet, translator, Biblical scholar and artist Willis Barnstone has recast Jesus’ words from the four Gospels into their original poetry. No less than Jorge Luis Borges has saluted Barnstone’s work. The Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave.
Poetry Month at
the Central Library
Tuesdays, April 17-24,
Noon-1 p.m.
Join the Washington Center for the Book and poetry lovers for readings and discussions of poems. Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. Information: www.spl.org
Poets from Floating Bridge Press
April 26, 6:30 p.m.
Poets Arthur Ginsberg, Stephen Quig and Joan Fiset read their poems from the “Floating Bridge Review No. 4,” an anthology of Washington state poets published each year by the estimable Floating Bridge Press. Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W.