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Free Range Poetry: Kristin Berger, Joannie Stangeland, Carey Taylor
May 6, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
FreeFree Range Poetry presents
Kristin Berger, Joannie Stangeland, Carey Taylor
Monday, May 6, 2019
Northwest Library
2300 NW Thurman Street
Portland
An open mic will precede featured poets.
Open mic readers limited to two pages of material.
Sign up for open mic at 5:45 pm.
Reading 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm.
KRISTIN BERGER is the author of three poetry collections: Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016), and a chapbook, For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008). Her long prose-poem, Changing Woman & Changing Man: A High Desert Myth, was a finalist for the 2016 Newfound Prose Prize. Recent work has appeared in Four Chambers Press, The Inflectionist Review, Light: Journal of Photography and Poetry, Mockinghart Review, and Santa Ana River Review. Kristin lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family, where she hosts a summer poetry reading series at her neighborhood farmers market. More at www.kristinberger.me.
JOANNIE STANGELAND is the author of several collections, most recently The Scene You See, In Both Hands. Her chapbook A Steady Longing for Flight won the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, and her poems have appeared in Cirque, Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review, The Southern Review, and other journals. Joannie is in the MFA program at Rainier Writing Workshop. http://joanniestangeland.com
CAREY TAYLOR is the author of The Lure of Impermanence (Cirque Press 2018). Her poetry has appeared in regional, national and international publications and in 2015 her poem “The White Album Summer” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Born in Bandon, Oregon, she has spent her entire life at the western edges of Oregon and Washington. She has a Master of Arts Degree from Pacific Lutheran University in School Counseling and a Bachelor’s degree from Linfield College. She can be found online at https://careyleetaylor.com.