{"id":23042,"date":"2022-10-17T11:47:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=23042"},"modified":"2023-06-08T21:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T21:00:19","slug":"mfa-alum-nicole-mccarthy-reads-gig-harbor-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2022\/10\/17\/mfa-alum-nicole-mccarthy-reads-gig-harbor-festival","title":{"rendered":"MFA Alum Nicole McCarthy reads at Gig Harbor Poetry Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mfa-alum-nicole-mccarthy-reads-gig-harbor-festival.jpg\" alt=\"mfa alum nicole mccarthy reads gig harbor festival\" class=\"wp-image-24286\"><\/figure>\n\n<p>Last weekend MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics alum Nicole McCarthy (MFA 2017) was the keynote speaker for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigharbornow.org\/news\/arts-entertainment\/poetry-festival\/\">Greater Gig Harbor Poetry Festival<\/a>, which took place on Sunday, October 9. Hosted by Christina Vega, publisher of <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecactuspress.com\/about\/\">Blue Cactus Press<\/a>, a hybrid publishing house that &ldquo;center[s] Queer and BIPOC voices,&quot; the sold out event was a huge success. McCarthy read from her new book A Summoning, and led a workshop on creating visual poetry. Other presenters included Tacoma Poet Laureate Lydia K. Valentine and well-known regional poet, Robert Lashley, among others.<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\nMcCarthy&#039;s book, based on her MFA Thesis, was published this autumn and was recently reviewed in <a href=\"http:\/\/thediagram.com\/22_3\/rev_mccarthy.html\">DIAGRAM<\/a>. 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