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Kirsten Rian’s poetry and prose have appeared in numerous publications. She has been awarded artist fellowships, grants, and international residencies, and has led creative writing workshops in several places, including post-war Sierra Leone and refugee relocation center... Read more

Poet-dramatist Cindy Williams-Gutierrez was awarded the 2018 Editor’s Choice Poetry Prize from Willow Books for Inlay with Nacre the Names of Forgotten Women which explores the contemporary oppression of women around the world. She received the 2017 Oregon Book Award for... Read more

Jessica Mehta is a poet and novelist.  Born and raised in Oregon, she’s a member of the Cherokee Nation.  Jessica has written ten books, and has received a Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award grant in Poetry and a Potlatch Award grant for Native Artists, as well as variou... Read more

Josh Lubin has been performing and organizing literary events in Portland, Oregon for over 20 years.  Most recently he was the curator and host of the weekly performance series Salon Skid Row, which ran for 2 years (2014-2016).  His work can be found online and in print ... Read more

From Assistant Professor of English to management trainer to retiree, Carolyn Martin has journeyed from New Jersey to Oregon to discover Douglas firs, months of rain, and dry summers. Her poems and book reviews have appeared in publications throughout North America and ... Read more

Kaia Sand has worked as a poet, artist, organizer, and teacher. Since her work twenty years ago as a volunteer for Yellow Brick Road, much of her energy has focused on economic injustice and homelessness, from a magic show about the financial collapse to the Right 2 Surv... Read more

Peter Hamer lives in Estacada, Oregon with his wife, two cats and an elderly Labrador Retriever. He sits on the Estacada Arts Commission, is the Music Coordinator for the Estacada Summer Celebration annual art and music festival, and serves on the board of the Performing... Read more

Trevino L. Brings Plenty is an American and Native American: a Lakota Indian born on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, USA. He's a poet and musician who lives, works, and writes in Portland, Oregon. He is singer/songwriter/guitarist for the musical ense... Read more

Jennifer Richter’s two poetry collections have both been named Oregon Book Award Finalists: her second book, No Acute Distress, was chosen by Major Jackson; her first, Threshold, by Robert Pinsky.  Richter has been awarded an Oregon Literary Fellowship as well as a Walla... Read more

Tom Hogan, born and raised in the Portland area, has written five chapbooks of poetry, the first of which, Poems for the Journey, came out in 2001; the fifth, Cathedral Rock, was published in 2008.  His first full-length collection was The Promise of the Trail, in 2014, ... Read more