Plain Valley Adventure Women are hosting poetry readings from three of our own local poets: Cynthia Neely, Ana Maria Spagna and Holly Thorpe. This is a free event and will be open to the community, so invite friends and neighbors!
Cynthia Neely is a long-time member of Plain Valley Adventure Women as well as an artist and an award-winning author of 3 books of poetry. Her 4th collection, I’ll Dress Myself in Wilderness and You, will be published in 2025.
Ana Maria Spagna is the author of several books including Uplake: Restless Essays of Coming and Going, and two previous essay collections set mostly in Stehekin, Potluck and Now Go Home. Her first chapbook of poetry, Mile Marker Six, appeared in 2021. She lives in Stehekin with her wife, Laurie, and teaches at Wenatchee Valley College.
Holly Thorpe (she/her) is an educator, poet and Ph.D. student. She is English faculty at Wenatchee Valley College and serves on the NCW Arts Alliance board. Learn more about her at hollyithorpe.com.
Location: Plain Cellars located at 18479 Alpine Acres Rd, Plain WA
What to bring: Lawn chair
A Taste of Plain will be serving food from 4-8pm