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The Poetry Box LIVE — November Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Nov 14, 2020 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern) The Poetry Box LIVE is a monthly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Shawn Aveningo Sanders is the host/emcee with 3 Featured Poet/Authors each show. November Featured Poets: • Doug Stone (Oregon), author of SITTING IN POWELL’S WATCHING BURNSIDE DISSOLVE IN RAIN • Tiel Aisha Ansari (Oregon), author of THE DAY OF MY FIRST DRIVING LESSON—1st Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2020 • Rebecca Smolen (Oregon), author of EXCORIATION and WOMANHOOD & OTHER SCARS ------- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ---------- Doug Stone is a fourth generation Oregonian and lives with his wife amid hop yards and vineyards near the Willamette River in Benton County, Oregon. In past lives…

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The Poetry Box LIVE – January Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Poetry Box LIVE - January Edition Time: Jan 9, 2021 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern) The Poetry Box LIVE is a monthly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month hosted by Shawn Aveningo Sanders January Featured Poets: • Cathy Cain (Oregon), author of A SHAPE OF SKY and BEE DANCE • Marcia B. Loughran (New York), author of MY MOTHER NEVER DIED BEFORE—2nd Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2020 • Pasquale Trozzolo (Kansas) author of BEFORE THE DISTANCE ------- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ---------- Poet and visual artist Cathy Cain is the author of Bee Dance (The Poetry Box, 2019) and Empty Space Places You (Finishing Line Press, 2018). Her honors include the Kay Snow Paulann…

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The Poetry Box LIVE — April Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Poetry Box LIVE – April Edition April 10, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) The Poetry Box LIVE is a monthly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month and hosted by Shawn Aveningo Sanders. APRIL Featured Poets: • Penelope Scambly Schott (Oregon), author of SOPHIA AND MISTER WALTER WHITMAN • Sally Naylor (Florida), author of SYNAPSE FLIES INTO STARTLE • David Belmont (New York), author of WORLD GONE ZOOM ------- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ---------- Penelope Scambly Schott is a past recipient of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry and author of a novel and several books of poetry, including her 2018 prizewinning chapbook November Quilt and most recently On Dufur Hill about a small wheat-growing town in…

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The Poetry Box LIVE f. Elizabeth McBride, Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Marcia B. Loughran

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Poetry Box LIVE – September Edition Time: Sept 11, 2021 at 4pm (Pacific) / 7pm (Eastern) The Poetry Box LIVE is a monthly Zoom poetry reading series on the 2nd Saturday of each month and hosted by Portland poet and publisher, Shawn Aveningo-Sanders. September Featured Poets: • Elizabeth S.E. McBride (Michigan) – author of MOST BEAUTIFUL • Susan Coultrap-McQuin (Minnesota) – author of WHAT WE BRING HOME • Marcia B. Loughran (New York) – author of SONGS FROM THE BACK-IN-THE-BACK --------- HOW TO ACCESS THE ZOOM READING --------- Join Zoom Meeting on Sept 11 No registration required, simply click on link about 5 minutes before the show: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87874368401?pwd=TmUxK3lYSW02cUIvUDQ1RHg4dm05QT09 Meeting ID: 878 7436 8401 Passcode: 837970 ------- ABOUT THE FEATURED POETS ------------- Elizabeth S.E. McBride’s…

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Exchanging Wisdom Book Launch

Birdhouse Books 1001 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, United States

Book Launch for Exchanging Wisdom: A Guide for Parents of the Autonomous by Christopher Luna and Angelo at Birdhouse Books January 7, 2021 5-9pm Friday, January 7 Birdhouse Books 1001 Main Street Basement Vancouver, WA 98660 (360) 602-1098 Located downstairs from The Rosemary Cafe Join us during the First Friday art walk for an evening of poetry celebrating the release of Exchanging Wisdom: A Guide for Parents of the Autonomous, a new book by Christopher Luna and his son Angelo published by The Poetry Box. The poems in the book trace their relationship from the time Angelo was a toddler through age 21. Christopher and Angelo will read from the book at the top of the hour from 5-8pm and will be available to sign…

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In-Store Poetry Reading: Ann Farley and Beth Bonness

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes local poets Ann Farley and Beth Bonness for a reading from their new collections, both published by Portland's own The Poetry Box. (Vivienne Popperl was originally scheduled to participate, but is unable to attend.) This in-store reading is first come, first served. Seating is limited. Please be mindful of any store health policies that might be in effect on the night of the reading. About Tell Her Yes: A drop of rain slips from leaf to ground, perhaps to river and beyond. Like rain's journey, our lives twist and turn, hit dry stretches and unexpected turbulence, land on moments of beauty. Nurture and nature, with its solace and challenges, weaves through the poems in Tell Her Yes. Themes of love and parenthood,…

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First Friday with PoetryBox authors Joann Boswell, Rebecca Smolen, and John Miller

Birdhouse Books 1001 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, United States

Join us for the next installment of our First Friday Poetry series at Birdhouse Books! The Tiny Nest will be open this month to Joann Boswell, Rebecca Smolen, and John Miller of the Poetry Box, and they'll be bringing some fun, humorous, heartbreaking, and honest poetry to our reading room. Don't miss it! Show starts at 7pm.

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In-Store Poetry Reading: Kristin Berger, Cathy Cain, John Miller

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

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…

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In-Store Poetry Reading: Leanne Grabel and Elaine S. Nussbaum

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes Oregon poets Leanne Grabel and Elaine S. Nussbaum for an in-store reading from their new collections, all published by local press The Poetry Box. Unfortunately, Rachel Barton, who was originally scheduled to participate, is no longer able to join the event. About My Husband's Eyebrows: My Husband's Eyebrows is a humorous examination and honest celebration of Grabel's long marriage—its good, its bad, its ugly—told through a collection of prose poems and poetry, punctuated by the author's richly colored, exuberant, exaggerated illustrations. Leanne Grabel is a writer, illustrator, and performer in love with mixing genres. Her first collaboration was with a bongo player and sax player in the mid-70s and her most recent collaborations were with filmmaker Penny Allen and dancer/choreographer Gregg Bielemeier.…

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Poetry Reading: Rachel Barton, Suzy Harris, Emily Newberry

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes a trio of local writers for an in-store poetry reading. Rachel Barton, Suzy Harris, Emily Newberry will be reading from their new collections, all published by Portland's own The Poetry Box. About This Is the Lightness: The poems in This Is the Lightness are fired with imagination and the fragility of the human experience. Rachel Barton has created a collection of poetry that takes the reader on a journey through the natural world; explores the concept of identity and belonging; honors our sacred connections with family and friends through aging, death, and loss; and tackles the present-day with all its perils and possibilities. Rachel Barton grew up in the woods of northern Indiana which has greatly influenced her poetry and provided her…

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