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Words for Birds 2021: Sunday Reading

April 25, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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Bird is the word! Join us for the 13th annual Words for Birds, a celebration and cry for protection of winged relatives for National Poetry Month. Co-hosted by Stone in the Stream/Roca en el Rio, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, and Deceleration, this year’s event will consist of an online reading in two sessions, one on Saturday, April 24 at 7pm CST and another on Sunday, April 25 at 2pm CST.

Sunday’s lineup will be MC’ed by poet and Words for Birds co-founder Jim LaVilla-Havelin, and features the verbal talents of:

Alexandra van de Kamp
D. Ellis Phelps
Ernesto M. Garay
Lisha Garcia
Ignacio Magaloni
Jasmina Wellinghoff
Jean Hackett
Jeanie Sanders
Patricia Keoughan
Tammy Melody Gomez
Viktoria Louis
…reading live from backyards and parks. Watch both sessions for a lyrical appreciation of the ancient flighted lizards that limn our relation to urban nature.

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