Dylan Collins

Booklegger invites the public to a reading by local writer, poet, activist, and educator Dylan Collins on Friday. Oct.18 at 6 p.m. Collins, who is the host and creator of Word Humboldt, a community spoken word and open mic series in Arcata, has run creative writing workshops and participated in spoken word events in communities from Maine to California. He is celebrating the release of his new book "Love Poems We Write Ourselves" which he calls a love letter of survival, and which features poems he has written in the last six years. Admission is free. Booklegger is located at 402 Second St. in Old Town, Eureka, and can be reached at 707-445-1344.