PENDLETON — The First Draft Writers’ Series will hold its first in-person event of the year on Thursday, Dec. 16, starting at 7 p.m. at the Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St.

Brittney Corrigan is the evening’s featured writer. Corrigan’s current projects are an exploration of and commentary on what is being called the Anthropocene age (viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment).

Corrigan will read from new work at First Draft Writers’ Series. The event is free to the public and masks are required.

Although she was raised in Colorado, Corrigan has called Portland her home since 1990. She holds a degree from Reed College, where she works organizing faculty and academic special events. Corrigan also serves as an editor at Airlie Press, a nonprofit publisher run by writers and dedicated to cultivating and sustaining fine contemporary poetry and promoting Pacific Northwest poets. She is also the poetry editor for the online journal Hyperlexia: poetry and prose about the autism spectrum.

Corrigan’s poems and stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of the collection “Navigation” and the chapbook “40 Weeks.” Her poems have appeared widely in journals and anthologies. Her chapbook “Breaking” is a collection of poems that respond to current events in the news.

Her newest collection is “Daughters,” a series of persona poems in the voices of daughters of various characters from folklore, mythology and popular culture. She is the recipient of residencies at Soapstone: A Writing Retreat for Women, Mineral School and PLAYA.

Corrigan is currently working on a full-length poetry manuscript and a collection of short stories that examine the impact of human beings on our planet and the species with whom we share it.

More information about her work can be found at www.BrittneyCorrigan.com. To learn more about the First Draft Writers’ Series, visit www.PendletonArts.org.

Featuring Brittney Corrigan

7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16

Pendleton Center for the Arts

214 N. Main St.

Free; masks required