On June 7th at 1 p.m., Allied Arts will host regional poet Marie Marchand who will read new work from her forthcoming collection Mostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things. Marie served as the Poet Laureate of Ellensburg 2022-24. Her last book, Gifts to the Attentive, was published in 2022. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Catamaran Literary Reader, and Tikkun Magazine.