The featured reader at February’s event will be Daniel Essman. Dan is the movie columnist for the Willits Weekly Newspaper and the author of At The NOYO, a collection of film reviews (Secret Goldfish Press, Talmage CA, ed. Dan Barth).  He is also the author of AN APOSTLE AT THE KIT KAT, a series of supernatural horror stories (Rainy Day Women Press, editor Robin Rule, 2018). For several years  Dan and his wife Robin Rule ran the Carlords Poetry Series on the Coast and in Willits. Dan’s grandmother once told him as a child that he could be a poet.

Writers Read has been happening in Ukiah since 1999, and occurs on the last Thursday of almost every month. The program focuses on poetry, spoken word, short stories, song, and expository prose. The evening begins with a featured reader and then is followed by an hour of open mic starting around 8:00.