Mateo Quispe will launch the Canoe Poetry Nooks Project, which involves the creation of five “book nooks” with bookshelves dedicated exclusively to poetry in community spaces throughout the Auburn area and Muckleshoot Reservation. Made by Muckleshoot carvers, using traditional tools and methods, each bookshelf will appear as an upright canoe with the hull decorated to reflect the particular culture of its location and inscribed with the phrase “poetry helps navigate the waters of life” alongside the Lushootseed translation. The selection of poetry at each nook will be curated with local library and programming specialists. The canoe poetry nooks will also have rugs, chairs, side tables, and lighting, making them places of respite and rejuvenation, inviting community members to discover and enjoy poetry.