This month’s Writers Read features award-winning cowboy poet, artist, and storyteller, Richard Schmidt. Richard is the author of Single Tree: A Collection of Stories; the novels Able Stover and Virgil Cooper; and Pony Tales, a collection of cowboy prose and poetry. Based in Lakeport, he is also a Poet-Laureate Emeritus of Lake County, and a recipient of a certificate of acknowledgment from Congress for his work.

Writers Read has been happening in Ukiah since 1999, and occurs on the last Thursday of almost every month. The program focuses on poetry, spoken word, short stories, song, and expository prose. The evening typically begins with a featured reader and then is followed by an hour of open mic starting around 8:00.