Shakespeare & Co. is pleased to host the Eve of the Dead poetry readings on Wednesday, October 30, at 5:00 pm. The evening will feature readings by local poets Zan Bockes, Maggie Brown, Martha Crumley, Sheryl Noethe, and Deb Trowbridge. This event is free and open to the public.

Author Bios
Zan Bockes earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. Her work appears in numerous publications, and she has had four Pushcart Prize nominations. Her two poetry collections, Caught in Passing and Alibi for Stolen Light, were published in 2013 and 2018. She lives in Missoula, Montana, where she works as a Residential Sanitation Specialist, cleaning houses.

Maggie Brown was born in Missoula, though she has also lived in California, Nevada, Colorado, Great Britain, and Washington. Her poems, short stories, movie and book reviews have been published in McCall’s, The Seattle Times, Borrowed Times, CutBank, The Floating Poetry Gallery, Pacific Magazine, and various literary magazines. She also had two plays produced and performed in regional theaters.

Deborah Trowbridge grew up dancing in Massachusetts and moved to Western Montana, in 2005, still dancing. She’s been writing with intention since 2010. Her stories can be read in Thin Air Magazine Online, The Ekphrastic Review, American Writers, Common Ground Review and 50-Word Stories.