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Constellation #4 (April 20th): Genevieve DeGuzman, Jaye Nasir, Christopher Rose

Tin House 2617 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR, United States

After another packed house in March, Constellation returns on April 20th with an all-local lineup. As always, doors open at 6:45 and the reading starts around 7:15. Meet this month's readers: Genevieve DeGuzman (she/her) is a Philippine-born poet, speculative writer, and lover of all things robot, chimera, and alien. As a poet, Genevieve won the Atticus Review contest, was a finalist for the Michelle Boisseau Prize selected by Traci Brimhall, and earned Best New Poets nominations. Most recently, her chapbook “Machine Learning” was a semi-finalist for the Black River Chapbook Competition by Black Lawrence Press. She was named a 2022 Oregon Literary Fellow and has earned fellowships from Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency and Vermont Studio Center. In a former life, she worked in international development…

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