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Lisa Fishman, Richard Meier, & Joshua Beckman
March 17, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeSpare Room and Passages Bookshop
present a poetry reading by
LISA FISHMAN
RICHARD MEIER
JOSHUA BECKMAN
Friday, March 17
Doors open at 7:00 pm; reading at 7:30 pm
Admission free; no late entry
Passages Bookshop
1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660
Portland, OR 97209
503-388-7665
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Lisa Fishman‘s debut fiction collection, World Naked Bike Ride, has just been released by Gaspereau Press (Canada). Her seven books of poetry include Mad World, Mad Kings, Mad Composition (Wave), 24 Pages and other poems (Wave), F L O W E R C A R T and The Happiness Experiment, both from Ahsahta Press. Fishman lives on her farm and orchard in Orfordville as well as in Madison; currently she also directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
Richard Meier has published five books of poetry: A Duration (Wave 2023), February March April April (Oxeye), In the Pure Block of the Whole Imaginary (Omnidawn), Shelley Gave Jane a Guitar (Wave), and Terrain Vague (Verse). In recent years he has practiced and taught workshops on writing and walking and other daily and durational writing practices. He is Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at Carthage College and lives in Somers and Madison, WI.
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of a number of books including Animal Days and Tomaž, a long biographical poem about the young life of Tomaž Šalamun, both from Wave Books, and most recently Firefly from The Brother in Elysium and Poetry Summaries (with Alejandro de Acosta) from Mufa Poema. He is the editor-in-chief of Wave Books.
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Upcoming events at Passages Bookshop:
Thursday 3/16 Spare Room Reading Series
Adam Torres, Lorraine Lupo, Kyle Schlesinger, & Rodney Koeneke
Saturday 3/18 Works on Paper: Experiments in Language and Sound
Gust Burns & dana jnnfrsn (James Yeary & Andy Smith)
Friday 4/7 Spare Room Reading Series
Kit Schluter & Tatiana Lipkes
Saturday 4/15 Works on Paper: Experiments in Language and Sound
Susan Gevirtz & David Abel
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