Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Raúl Sánchez at Art At The Cave on November 12, 2026
Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic
Featuring Raúl Sánchez
Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige
7 pm
Thursday, November 12
Art At The Cave
108 E Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98660
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PRO-CHOICE, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004
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Raúl Sánchez is a “Late Starter, Self Taught Poet” who began to write out of necessity and longing. Raúl is the author of three poetry collections including When We Were Water (World Enough Writers, 2026). He was the City of Redmond, WA Poet Laureate from 2019-2021 and a 2014 Jack Straw Alumni. As Raúl points out, “I have realized that my profession could have been as an educator, however I am very satisfied to have mentored middle school students since 2019 at Denny International Middle School as well as Evergreen High School through Writers In The Schools (2017-2019).” Raúl has also volunteered inside the Juvenile Detention Center through Pongo Teen-Writing. According to Raúl, “I love to read in front of my people, the common folk, the immigrant worker, the youth, reminding them what Ada Limon said: ‘Now is the moment to put away our attention-sucking gadgetry and try to describe the beauty and tragedy of being alive in this day.’” Raúl Sánchez’s poems honor Ancestry, Culture, Humanity, Color, Life!
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The Ghost Town Poetry community respectfully encourages you to support Niche Wine Bar, whose owner, Leah Jackson, provided a home for the reading series from 2015-2020. Stop by their new location at 900 Washington, Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660: https://nichewinebar.com.
