LTCC Writers’ Series celebrates National Poetry Month with three award-winning poets

The Lake Tahoe Community College Writers’ Series will proudly celebrate National Poetry Month on Friday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the LTCC Library.
Three award-winning poets — Kelle Groom, Lexa Hillyer, and Krista Lukas — will read from their works, engage the audience with a Q and A, and sign books. The event is free and open to the community. Books will be available for purchase.

Kelle Groom’s memoir, "I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl" (Simon & Schuster), is a B&N Discover Great New Writers pick, NYTBR Editor's Choice, a Library Journal Best Memoir, and Oprah O Magazine selection. Her most recent poetry collection is Five Kingdoms. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry and The New Yorker. She is currently serving as the Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nev.

Lexa Hillyer is the recipient of the second annual Bona Fide Books Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize for her book "Acquainted with the Cold." She was the recipient of the Inaugural Poetry Prize from Tusculum Review and the First Prize in Poetry from Brick & Mortar Review, and was named one of the Best New Poets of 2012. She worked as an editor at both Harper Collins and Penguin, and is co-founder of boutique literary incubator Paper Lantern Lit. She lives in Brooklyn.

Krista Lukas is the author of a poetry collection, "Fans of My Unconscious," (Black Rock Press, March 2013). Her poems appear in literary journals including 5AM and Rattle, in the textbook Creative Writer’s Handbook, and in the anthologies New Poets of the American West and The Best American Poetry 2006.

The LTCC Writers’ Series is committed to providing a cultural outlet for its students and the community by offering free readings, discussions, craft talks, and workshops with nationally-known award-winning authors, as well as poetry slams, open mic nights, and student readings. Over the past 12 years, LTCC has hosted poets and writers such as Patricia Smith, Brian Turner, Denise Duhamel, Luis Rodriguez, H.L. Hix, Sholeh Wolpé, Chris Abani, Dorianne Laux, Francisco Jimenez, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Lama Marut. For more information, contact LTCC Writers’ Series coordinator Suzanne Roberts at robertss@ltcc.edu