Poet Lucia Perillo will be in the house for PLU English Department's Visiting Writers Series Thursday inside the Garfield Book Company. In truth, though, Perillo won't be traveling very far - she lives in Olympia. But Perillo's travel is beside the point. An accomplished author, Perillo's poetry has made her a previous finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, and scored her the Kingsley Tufts prize from Claremont University. Not too shabby, especially for a poet - and that's just the start. Thursday, Perillo will be discussing and signing her latest work, Inseminating the Elephant.

PREDICTION: To cries of foul and mass public disenchantment, an elephant will not actually be inseminated Thursday at Garfield Book Company. Sorry.

[Garfield Book Company, Thursday, Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m., no cover, 208 Garfield St., Suite 101, Parkland/Tacoma, 253.535.7665]