An Extraordinary Evening of Poetry Comes to Squaw Valley July 21

[Squaw Valley USA] July 14, 2011 – The Squaw Valley Community of Writers brings an Extraordinary Evening of Poetry to Squaw Valley USA on July 21, 2011. The night will consist of a poetry reading by the five award-winning staff poets: Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Cathy Park Hong, Major Jackson and Sharon Olds.

"The Tahoe area is so fortunate to have group of poets of this stature all in one place, some reading new work written just days before. It's a stellar line-up and promises to be moving, funny and profound," said Brett Hall Jones, the Executive Director of the Community of Writers.

As recently noted by the Sacramento Bee, the Squaw Valley Community of Writers has been considered among the country's most renowned literary conferences, along with the Sewanee and the Bread Loaf writers conferences. The literary troupe holds three genres of workshops every year: one for screenwriters, one for fiction, nonfiction and memoirs, and one for poetry.

“This year, we are pleased to welcome two new poets, Major Jackson and Cathy Park Hong who will join our roster of eminent nationally-known and beloved poets.” continued Jones.

This year’s poetry workshop in Squaw Valley will be held from July 16 to July 23, 2011. The 60 participating poets will write one poem every day in a boot-camp-style regimen while working with staff poets. The Community of Writers’ renowned fiction and screenwriting workshops will convene this August.

EXTRAORDINARY EVENING OF POETRY

When: 8 p.m. Thursday, July 21, 2011

Where: Bar One in Olympic House, Squaw Valley USA (Olympic Valley, CA)

Cost: $15 general, $10 students (suggested donation)

For more information about the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the annual writing conferences, visit www.squawvalleywriters.org.