All Ages · Please join us in welcoming Bellingham-based author Kami Westhoff! Kami will be reading from her new collection, The Criteria.

The Criteria explores unconventional, and at times highly problematic, motherhood. The characters struggle with impossible choices that often lead to heartbreaking behaviors. In the titular story, the main character takes on the burden of breastfeeding infants whose mothers have fallen in while at the same time struggling with the fate of her own infant. Another story imagines a scenario in which the mother/child bond is prohibited, and drastic measures taken to ensure its prevention. The characters are asked to suffer many tragedies, as well as to embrace hope in the most unlikely places.

We will also be highlighting another Bellingham local, Elizabeth Vignali, and three Spokane-based poets, Brooke Matson, Laura Read, and Maya Jewell Zeller. Auntie's Bookstore will be in attendance for book sales representing all of our evening's readers.

This is a free program thanks to community support!