Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St.

Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman will read from her work at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse on Tuesday, August 1st at 7 pm. Gwen Westerman is a Dakota educator, writer and fiber artist. She is a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium, as well as Director of the Humanities Program. She was appointed by Governor Tim Walz as Poet Laureate of Minnesota in September 2021, the first Indigenous poet to be so honored.

The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing and an open mic. Please bring some of your work to share with us. This First Tuesday Laureate Writers Series event is co-sponsored by the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest and the Blue Heron Coffeehouse. Learn more.