Columbia Writers Series hosts Claudia Castro Luna Jan. 31      

The Clark College Columbia Writers Series continues its 2018-2019 season with noted poet Claudia Castro Luna. This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Thursday, January 31, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Gaiser Hall room 213 on Clark College’s main campus.

Claudia Castro Lunais the Washington State Poet Laureate. She servedas Seattle’s CivicPoet from 2015-2017 and is the author of the Pushcart-nominated Killing Marías (Two Sylvias Press)and This City, (Floating Bridge Press) and the creator of theacclaimed Seattle Poetic Grid. Bornin El Salvador, she came to the United States in 1981. She has a Master of Artsdegree in Urban Planning, a teaching certificate, and a Master of Fine Arts inpoetry. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, La Bloga,Dialogo and Psychological Perspectives,among others. Her non-fiction work canbe read in several anthologies, among them This Is The Place: WomenWriting About Home, (Seal Press). Castro Luna is currently working ona memoir, Like Water to Drink, abouther experience escaping the civil war in El Salvador. Living in English andSpanish, she writes and teaches in Seattle. Since 2009, shemaintains Cipota bajo la Luna, a blog with reflections,writing, and reviews.

The ColumbiaWriters Series was launched at Clark College in 1988, bringing local, nationaland international authors to the college and the region. This year’s lineup of authors will continue with:

Winter

• February 2019 (date TBA): Elizabeth McCracken, award-winningfiction writer.

Spring

• May 20, 2019: Alexis Madrigal, author, journalist, and staffwriter at The Atlantic.
• May 21, 2019: Gina Oschner, award-winning author and Clarkalumna
• May 22, 2019: Release of Phoenix,Clark College’s award-winning arts and literary journal

Informationabout the Columbia Writers Series is available at www.clark.edu/cc/cws.

Thisevent is held on Clark College’s main campus at 1933 Ft. Vancouver Way. Directionsand maps are available online. Individualswho need accommodation due to a disability in order to fully participate inthis event should contact Clark College’s Disability Support Services (DSS) Officeat 360-992-2314 or 360-991-0901 (VP). The DSS office is located in room 013 inClark’s Penguin Union Building.