Jane Hirshfield

Sierra Poetry Festival: Jane Hirshfield, Ross Gay, more

13 APRIL 2024 — saturday

Presented by the Nevada County Arts Council, the 8th annual Sierra Poetry Festival's mainstage event will feature some of the most exciting local and national poets and performers, it is the highlight of a month-long festival, taking place in venues across Nevada County; acclaimed poet Jane Hirshfield, The Asking: New and Selected Poems, will kick off the day, with poet and essayist Ross Gay, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, featured at the closing; Poetry Flash will exhibit at the Poetry Place Bookfair, The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, 9:00 am-5:00 pm PDT (www.sierrapoetryfestival.org)