In celebration of National Poetry Month, join Nevada Humanities and the Bristlecone General Store in Baker for a weekend of creativity and connection! Led by Katie Karnehm-Esh, Humanities Center Coordinator at Great Basin College, these workshops embrace Nevada’s alluring landscape and your creative powers.
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, meet at the Bristlecone General Store in Baker. Participants will then drive to the Pole Canyon Trailhead in Great Basin National Park where Karnehm-Esh will lead a two-mile hike on this easy-moderate trail with low elevation gain. Participants will then return to the trailhead picnic area for a writing session focused on our senses and connection with nature.
Bring a journal, writing materials, water, and snacks. Wear layers of clothing, sunscreen, and a hat.
Reserve your spot by calling the Stargazer Inn: 775-234-7323
This program is sponsored by a grant from White Pine County Tourism & Recreation in partnership with White Pine Main Street, the Humanities Center at Great Basin College, and Nevada Humanities. This program is also supported with funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
Katie Karnehm-Esh, Ph.D, is an Ohio native and recent transplant to Nevada. She did her masters and doctoral work in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. After teaching undergraduate English in Indiana for sixteen years, she is now the Humanities Center Coordinator for Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada, where she lives with her husband, two dogs, and a cat. As a creative nonfiction writer, yoga teacher, and runner, her research interests coalesce around bodies and landscapes, particularly spiritual, environmental, and travel writing. She has been a participant at Kenyon Review Writers Workshops, Breadloaf Environmental Writer Workshops, and Vermont Studio Center. Her writings have been published in literary journals such as Fourth Genre, The Whale Road Review, The Englewood Review, and Windhover. She is the creative nonfiction editor for Relief Journal and a freelance editor for Foundations Publishing.
