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What She Was Wearing by Shawn Aveningo Sanders, reviewed by Paul Telles

Reviewed by Paul Telles What She Was Wearing by Shawn Aveningo SandersThe Poetry Box (November 5, 2019), 48 pp, $12ISBN #: 978-1-948461-32-0Available at: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/what-she-was-wearing In What She Was Wearing, Portland poet Shawn Aveningo Sanders bravely reveals her experience as a rape victim. In a series of 29 muscular poems, Sanders recounts the horrific experience of

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Oregon Poetry Conference Coming—October 10

The OPA Conference Is Coming—October 10 The Oregon Poetry Association 2020 ConferenceEngaging and ExcitingLIVE Virtual Zoom ConferenceVIRTUALLY YOURS, WHEREVER YOU ARE!October 10th, 8.30 – 5.30ASHLEY TOLIVER, GUEST SPEAKER2020 Winner of the Oregon Book Award in PoetryInteractive fun, with workshops where you will come alive withtalented poets and people from around the state and meet the

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Board Minutes, August 15, 2018

Oregon Poetry Association Board Minutes August 15, 2018, via SKYPE (members participating: Lisa, Lynn, Diane, Charles, Erik, Bruce, Stella, Shirley) President’s Report: *Tiel & Amy(Katy?) are experiencing list-serve problems with contest. Tiel, Katy, and Dale meeting in Portland August 25; Tiel, Shirley, and Charles meeting in Eugene August 26. Troubleshooting, training, involved. *Verseweavers has been

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Rending the Garment by Willa Schneberg, reviewed by Eleanor Berry

Review by Eleanor Berry Rending the Garment by Willa Schneberg Box Turtle Press ISBN 978-1-893654-14-3 2014, 103 pp., $16 The couple in the cover photograph compel our gaze. “Should I recognize them?” we may wonder, thinking they must be stars in a classic film of the 1940s. As we read, we discover that they made

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