Speak Your Soul poet Robert Lashley will be featuring at the King's Books Distinguished Writer Series on December 11th in Tacoma. More information below.

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December 11 * 7 pm. Distinguished Writer Series and Open Mic.

This monthly event features a distinguished writer and an open mic for poets, playwrights, short story writers, and others. This month features Robert Lashley. Open Mic sign-up is at 6:30 pm. Admission is free. The event occurs monthly the second Friday of every month at King's Books. Sponsored by the Tacoma Arts Commission and the Puget Sound Poetry Connection.

Robert Lashley grew up in Tacoma and attended Western Washington University in Bellingham. A semifinalist for the PEN/ Rosenthal fellowship and a finalist for the Cave Canem fellowship, he often performs at Northwest spoken word venues and has helped Bellingham, where he lives, develop one of the nation's finest poetry slam scenes. He has published two chapbooks: Songs My City Taught Me and Songs My City Taught Me II (revised editions of both soon to appear). Lashley writes a blog and his essays appear in various journals, including Blogcritics Magazine.