Poet Susanna Lang to lead Palatine poetry workshop July 11

Susanna Lang will lead the Northwest Cultural Council's Second Saturday Poetry Workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 11, at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine. The topic will be Radiant Lyre.

Lang's latest collection of poems, "Tracing the Lines," was published in 2013 by the Brick Road Poetry Press. Her first collection, "Even Now," was published in 2008 by The Backwaters Press, and a chapbook, "Two by Two," was released in October 2011 from Finishing Line Press. She has published original poems and essays, and translations from the French, in such journals as Little Star, New Letters, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, The Green Mountains Review, The Baltimore Review, Kalliope, Southern Poetry Review, World Literature Today, Chicago Review, New Directions, and Jubilat.

Participants are encouraged to bring 15 copies of their own work to share with the group. The cost is $15. Please R.S.V.P. by phone or email. For more information, call (847) 382-6922 or email at nwcc@att.net.