The event is free and open to the public.
A Guggenheim Fellow, Alison Hawthorne Deming had two books out in 2025: the poetry anthology The Gift of Animals: Poems of Love, Loss, & Connection and the new poetry collection Blue Flax & Yellow Mustard Flower. Her most recent nonfiction book A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress was published by Counterpoint Press in 2021. She is the author of four other poetry books, an essay collection, and three nonfiction books. The Writers Series and the Center for the Environment welcome Alison on October 20, 2026.
Sykes Common Room
1 Romoda Dr.
Canton, NY 13617
United States