Elise Stuart, Poet Laureate of Silver CityElise Stuart, the Poet Laureate of Silver City, will give a special reading at the Silver City Public Library to commemorate National Poetry Month and to celebrate the release of her first book of poetry, Another Door Calls. The event will be on Tuesday, April 18, 4:30-5:30pm. In the new poetry collection, the reader is invited to step into the stark beauty of the desert as Stuart explores the wilderness. As Stuart describes, "Rivers and mountains become my teachers on this journey as I come to know the terrain more intimately. The land and water become mirrors revealing themselves to me, revealing my own inner landscape in startling silence and the language of poetry." Another Door Calls is published by Mercury HeartLink and illustrated with photographs taken by Glenn Henderson. More information can be found on Elise Stuart's website, elisestuart.com.

"I would like to thank Elise Stuart for taking the time to offer poetry events at the library, including a recent poetry flag workshop for children during Love Your Library Day," stated Lillian Galloway, programming and outreach librarian. "As Poet Laureate, Elise also reaches out to school classrooms throughout Grant County."

The Poet Laureate program is organized by the Southwest Festival of the Written Word, and nominations are currently being accepted for the regions' third Poet Laureate. More information can be found at swwordfiesta.org.

For more information about library events, see silvercitypubliclibrary.org or contact 575-538-3672 or ref@silvercitymail.com. The Silver City Public Library is located at 515 W. College Avenue.