Sam Hamill on Vashon Island Oct 10

September 29, 2015
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12087657_10153752427113534_7476461934734912333_oSaturday, Oct 10th, 5pm

Sam Hamill to Read from Habitation

Sam Hamill returns to Vashon to read from Habitation at the Vashon Bookshop on Saturday, October 10, at 5pm.

Hamill, author of more than forty books, including celebrated translations from ancient Chinese, Japanese, Greek, and Latin, last visited Vashon in 2011 to close the Vashon Poetry Festival…

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