Chrystos Poetry Reading

Please join us for a poetry reading by Chrystos with guests Fred Wah and Rita Wong.

Thursday, February 13 at 4pm at the Aboriginal Gathering Place
Open to the public. Limited Seating.
Bannock and tea will be served.

Chrystos  is a Menominee self-educated writer and two-spirit activist who has published various books and poems that explore indigenous Americans’s civil rights, social justice, and feminism. Chrystos is also a lecturer, writing teacher and fine-artist.
Chrystos’ awards and honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the Human Rights Freedom of Expression Award, the Sappho Award of Distinction from the Astrea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, a Barbara Deming Grant, and the Audre Lorde International Poetry Competition.