May 13th, 2023
SPEAKING OUR TRUTH: AN EVENING FOR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS & THEIR ALLIES
Speaking Our Truth: An Evening for LBGTQ+ Students and Their Allies
MT. VERNON, WA– Skagit PFLAG Skagit and the Skagit River Poetry Foundation present an evening of LBGTQ+ voices
at the historic Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon WA on Saturday, May 13 th at 7:00 pm.
The event is open to the public and admission is free.
The featured reader is Seattle poet Luther Hughes, author of the BOA prize winning volume “A Shiver in
the Leaves” and recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Rosenberg Fellowship, the 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize.
Hughes is also founder of Shade Literary Arts, a literary organization for queer writers of color.
Students from all over Skagit County are invited to read their poems and to work with Hughes in a workshop before the reading.
Hosts for the evening include poet Roberto Ascalon and Gina Touché
Amos Miller will provide musical accompaniment.
The student poems at the
reading will be published in a commemorative volume.
For more information, visit the Lincoln Theatre site at
or
The Skagit River Poetry Foundation site at