Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston headlines a lively mix of writers, including award-winning poets John Daniel and Bobby Elliott; fiction writers Virginia Black, Madeline McDonnell, and Charlie J. Stephens; OSU faculty playwright Cleavon Smith; and nonfiction authors Zoë Bossiere and Oregon Book Award winner Jaclyn Moyer. Kate Carroll de Gutes will emcee.

All proceeds from the evening will go to Stone Soup Corvallis, a nonprofit in the Willamette Valley which serves a hot meal to the hungry at various locations in Corvallis seven days a week. Read more about this event.