Words about birds tonight at Auntie’s

If you're in the mood for some poetry this evening, Auntie's Bookstore is the place to be. Oregon-based writer Joe Wilkins, author of the poetry collection "When We Were Birds," will read from his works at 7 p.m.

Wilkins will be joined by Spokane-based writers Kate Lebo ("Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour, and Butter") and Shann Ray ("American Copper").

Writing about Wilkins' collection "Notes From the Journey Westward," author Sam Green Wrote, "One way to define love is fidelity to experience, and if this is so, then Wilkins demonstrates such love over and over in his ruthless, entirely unsentimental efforts to imagine and understandthe world he inhabits—and the one that inhabits him. These are the sorts of poems one keeps close by when they’re most needed, when one can feel most lost."

As usual, the reading is free and open to the public. Seating, though, is limited. For further information, call (509) 838-0206.