Poetry From the Susquehanna River with Michael Garrigan

Come spend an evening at the river with poet Michael Garrigan. Hear from Michael’s new collection, *River, Amen,* meet the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, and enjoy light refreshments. Tickets are $10 per person, and copies of *River, Amen* will be available for purchase. Doors will open at 6:00 PM, and the reading will begin at 6:30.

*River, Amen* reclaims religious rituals and resurrects them in the wilderness. What emerges is a deliberate dialogue with rivers, a celebrative creed for rewilding post-industrial landscapes. This immersive, restorative collection offers a new language for understanding our place in relation to the living world and a prophetic warning that we separate the physical and spiritual at our own peril.

Michael writes and teaches along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. He is the author of two poetry collections — *River, Amen* and *Robbing the Pillars* — and his writing has appeared in Orion Magazine, The Hopper Magazine, and North American Review. He was the 2021 Artist in Residence for The Bob Marshall Wilderness Area and believes every watershed should have a Poet Laureate.

Learn more about Michael on his website – www.mgarrigan.com