Bill Ransom will be at the Olympia Timberland Library on Tuesday, February 2 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss and sign copies of his new title, "The Woman and the War Baby." The book will be available for purchase.

The Woman and the War Baby is a book-length poem written in multiple styles. The story traces a particular mother and war baby, but also touches on their counterparts throughout the world.

Ransom is an academic dean at The Evergreen State College. He has published six collections of poetry and seven novels, including the noted Pandora Series with the late science fiction writer, Frank Herbert (Dune). Ransom’s poetry has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

The Olympia Timberland Library is at 313 8th Avenue SE. For more information, call (360) 352-0595 or go to www.TRL.org.

Monday, May 5th, 7pm in the Mixx96 meeting room on the corner of State and Washington in Olympia, donations welcome. contact Lee for more info: 7530942. Artists Look South, a project of Olympia area artists, will highlight an evening of poetry by Wilfredo Espinoza (a delegate from Olympia's sister-city, Santo Tomas, Nicaragua), along with Maritza Sanchez of Mujeres in Motion.