Mill Valley Library and Marin Poetry Center are pleased to present a local version of Poets for Science, originally developed by the Wick Poetry Center and curated by Jane Hirshfield.

Join us for a celebration of Poets for Science with a reading by Pulitzer-prize winner Forrest Gander joined by Jane Hirshfield, Kimiko Hahn, and Meryl Natchez. Poets for Science started on Earth Day, April 22, 2017, when demonstrators around the world participated in a March for Science a call to support and safeguard the scientific community, fact-based decision-making, basic research, and freedom of speech for scientists. Jane Hirshfield joined poets and scientists in a March for Science on the National Mall in Washington D.C. This program is in collaboration with the Marin Poetry Center.