After two years as the Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, Doralee Brooks has curated a reading with eight fellow poets to celebrate the launch of her anthology, The Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain. The anthology, composed of works by more than 90 Pittsburgh-area writers, highlights poetry inspired by Pittsburgh places, history, colloquialisms, and quirks, and is available now through Main Street Rag.

The City of Asylum Poet Laureate of Allegheny County is an award and two-year service position offered to an emerging or established poet who seeks to engage with residents of Allegheny County through poetry.

This program will be followed by a small reception for the poets and attendees beginning at 4pm.