Virtual It's About Time Writers' Reading Series, Meeting 379

The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library Events

This month’s online presentation welcomes Miriam Bassuk, Millie Renfrow and Madelle Quiring. In 1997 these writers met in an extension class and have been writing together ever since. Hear about their process and readings.Miriam Bassuk has been published in Snapdragon, Between the Lines, PoetsWest Literary Journal, and 3 Elements Review. She was one of the featured poets in the digital portion of the WA 129 project sponsored by the Washington State poet laureate. As an avid journal writer, she has been charting the journey of living in these uncertain times with corona virus impacting us all.After 30 years teaching elementary and middle school, Millie Renfrow continued exploring poetry in the University of Washington Certificate program as well as in a variety of workshops in the Northwest. She has been an active participant in writers’ groups for more than forty years. Millie has published several poems and was an award winner at the Skagit Valley Poetry Festival several years ago.Madelle Quiring retired 18 years ago as the secretary for a teaching and learning center at the University of Washington, and now enjoys a rural lifestyle in Skykomish, gardening, coordinating monthly summer open air arts and crafts markets in this very small historical railroad town, and creating an occasional painting, in addition to writing.