Poetry and Prose for the People Reading Series, Oct. 21

Poetry and Prose for the People Reading Series Barnes & Noble Lloyd Center, PDX Third Wednesdays (except holiday months) Hosted by Sage Cohen and Tomas Mattox Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m. Barnes & Noble 1317 Lloyd Center // Gift section Portland, OR 97232 503-249-0800

Presenting poets Judith Arcana, Kristin Berger and Laurel Blossom

Judith Arcana writes poems, stories, essays and books. Her recent chapbook, 4th Period English, reads like a play: poems in the voices of high school students talking about immigration. Among her prose books is Grace Paley’s Life Stories, A Literary Biography. She lives in Portland, Oregon; visit her website: juditharcana.com.

Kristin Berger lives with her family in Portland, Oregon, where she serves as an editorial member of VoiceCatcher. Kristin’s poetry and essays have appeared in Calyx, New Letters, The Pedestal Magazine, and The Wild Goose Poetry Review. She is the author of a poetry chapbook, For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008), an Oregon Book Award nominee. Her non-fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Read more at www.kristinberger.wordpress.com.

Laurel Blossom’s book-length narrative poem, Degrees of Latitude, was published by Four Way Books in November, 2007. Her most recent book of lyric poetry is Wednesday: New and Selected Poems, Ridgeway Press, 2004. Earlier books include The Papers Said (Greenhouse Review Press, 1993), What’s Wrong (Cobham & Hatherton Press, 1987), and Any Minute (Greenhouse Review Press, 1979). Her work has appeared in a number of anthologies, including 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, edited by Billy Collins (Random House, 2005), and in national journals including Poetry, The American Poetry Review, Pequod, The Paris Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Deadsnake Apotheosis, Many Mountains Moving, Seneca Review, and Harper’s, among others. Her poetry has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and the Elliston Prize. Learn more at www.laurelblossom.com.