HOPE— The Hope Library will host two well-known local poets for a reading on Zoom on the evening of Thursday, February 24 at 7 p.m.

Kristen Lindquist of Camden and Elizabeth Tibbetts of Hope will be reading from their recent work.

Kristen Lindquist of Camden is a poet and freelance writer whose work has appeared in such venues as Down East, Bangor Metro, and Bangor Daily News, as well as many literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry collection Transportation was a finalist for the Maine Literary Award, and Garrison Keillor read three poems from the book on NPR's The Writer’s Almanac. Her most recent book is Tourists in the Known World: New & Selected Poems. An occasional teacher of haiku workshops, she maintains a daily haiku blog, Book of Days, at her website kristenlindquist.com.

Elizabeth Tibbetts’ book, Say What You Can, was published in 2019 by Deerbrook Editions. Her previous book, Perfect Selves won the 2002 Bluestem Poetry Prize. She received a Maine Arts Commission Creative Writing Fellowship. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and has been read on Writers Almanac. Elizabeth grew up in Camden and has lived in Hope with her husband and dogs for the past 30 years.

Those interested should email the library at hopelibrary04847@gmail.com to receive the Zoom login information.