Great Basin Arts & Entertainment will host Nevada Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin at the Martin Hotel in Winnemucca for an intimate evening of poetry and conversation on Oct. 24 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Griffin, a celebrated author and advocate, will share selections from his new work and reflect on his extensive career engaging with Nevada communities.
Known for his evocative poetry that explores family, landscape, and social justice, Griffin is the author of numerous collections, including This is What the Desert Surrenders, Bathing in the River of Ashes, and Woodsmoke, Wind, and the Peregrine. His work earned him induction into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2014, along with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1995. Griffin also co-founded Community Chest, a social justice agency, and has led creative writing workshops for inmates at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center since the 1980s, which inspired the poetry journal Razor Wire.
At the Martin, Griffin will share two recent publications: River Ask Me Why: Into the West on Two Wheels, a memoir recounting his 1,200-mile cycling journey through the American West with his two sons, and No Charity in the Wilderness, a new poetry collection exploring humanity and resilience.
This free event is open to the public, with optional RSVPs. It is made possible by the Nevada Arts Council and Great Basin Arts and Entertainment in memory of Aliceann Doyle.
For more details, visit GBAE’s website, www.gbae.org.