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From Another Read Through's website: This month’s poetry brings us recent work by Kristin Berger (Echolocation), Carey Taylor (The Lure of Impermanence), and Christianne Balk (The Holding Hours). We meet the last Thursday of the month to hear from 3 poets and are excited to hear new work from these poets.
Hello Listeners! Amanda and Sophia will be hosting another edition of Talking Earth , on Monday , December 17th at 10pm ,pacific time. you can tune in at 90.7 kboo fm or online ar kboo.fm This show will have five gifted readers who will be reading their works AND the works of people who were inspirations in their own work . We call this show " Under the Influences" the readers for this night will be: Chrys Tobey Kristin Berger Amy Temple Pecos B Jett Come and Listen! this will be a fun and informative hour with some of Portland's very best writers .
Join us Saturday, January 12 at 7 pm for a night of poetry with Kristin Berger, Carey Taylor, and Melissa Reeser Poulin. 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. Carey Taylor is the author of The Lure of Impermanence (Cirque Press 2018). Her poetry has…
The Voice of Empathy is a poetry series that showcases writers whose work investigates the human capacity for compassion and generosity and invites the reader/listener to care deeply for others and the world. This description is for the poets’ reference only and does not presume to impose any constraints on the work selected for presentation. Due to an unexpectedly generous interest for the first event in the series, please come early to reserve your seats. There is room only for 37-39 poetry lovers. The venue has no choice but to turn away any excess crowd. Apologies in advance if that ends up being the case. Carl Adamshick is the author of Curses and Wishes, Saint Friend, and Receipt. He is an editor at Tavern Books,…
Fourteen poets recently published by Finishing Line Press and living in the Pacific Northwest will read snippets of their work. There will be wine and snacks. Readers include Heidi Seaborn, Douglas Cole, Kristin Berger, Julene T. Weaver, Don Colburn, Suzanne Sigafoos, Brittney Corrigan, Dawn Marar, Joe Soldati, Dianne Stepp, Judith Montgomery, MaryAnn L. Miller, Leanne Grabel, and J.D. Smith. Contact: Leanne Grabel
Persian Pony Press is proud to announce the release of Kristin Berger's newest poetry collection, Refugia - a series of 24 lyrical poems of winter & snow, fire & water, poems that trespass page and time. The Bhaktishop is a yoga studio, and seating will mostly be on a cork floor with cushions (chairs available for those who need it), with shoes off. :) A reading with light refreshments and books to purchase. As a part of The Bhaktishop's Compassionate Resistance Campaign, donations will be collected for Adelante Mujeres, a Hillsboro non-profit that provides holistic education and empowerment opportunities to low income Latina women and their families, to ensure full participation and active leadership in the community. http://www.adelantemujeres.org/ For reviews of Refugia, other readings and…
Free 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…
Annie Bloom's welcomes Portland area poets Kristin Berger, Cathy Cain, and John Miller for an in-store reading from their new collections, all published by local press The Poetry Box. This in-store reading is first come, first served. Please be mindful of any store health policies that might be in effect on the night of the reading. About Earthwork: The poetry of Kristin Berger's Earthwork is centered around, sprung from, and located in the landscape of mothering during the increasingly mapless territory of climate change and the pandemic. These are poems that take careful care of the small wonders of childhood and parenthood against such large and looming realities; poems that never stray away from wide-eyed honesty, taking in grief, joy, memory, and the strangeness of…