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The Stafford Challenge Anthology: 2024-25 Anthology, Reviewed by M. L. Lyons

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Reviewed by M. L. Lyons The Stafford Challenge Anthology: 2024-25 Anthology Edited by Brian Rohr Wild Poet Press, 2025, 257 pages, $22.95 Print ISBN: 979-8-9985119-0-5 Ebook ISBN: 979-8-9985119-1-2 Available at https://wildpoetpress.com/anthology/ Some anthologies are like bouquets: artfully arranged around a theme to create a desired effect. Others explore a new field of interest, giving a

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Pop-Up Shrines, is being published by Finishing Line Press

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OPA Member, Linda Drach, of Beaverton is excited to announce that her poetry collection, Pop-Up Shrines, is being published by Finishing Line Press. The book is available for pre-order now through August 1st at: https://track.pstmrk.it/3ts/www.finishinglinepress.com%2Fproduct%2Fpop-up-shrines-by-linda-drach%2F./UKW0/7Di_AQ/AQ/529194b9-ce37-45ae-8454-ecd67b0316fd/1/FceQW-uu8u Pop-Up Shrines explores how illness and disability coexist with new rooms of discovery and resilience. It’s an exploration of life’s

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Splitting Open the World by Carolyn Martin, reviewed by Carol Barrett

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Reviewed by Carol Barrett Splitting Open the World by Carolyn Martin The Poetry Box, 2025, 95 pages, $18.00 ISBN 978-1-956285-93-2 Available with free S/H at [email protected]   Carolyn Martin’s sixth book of poems claims its title from a famous quotation by Muriel Rukeyser: “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?

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Willa Schneberg will conduct the workshop “Developing Empathy Through Writing the Persona Poem”

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Willa Schneberg will conduct the workshop “Developing Empathy Through Writing the Persona Poem” Saturday, April 19 2PM- 4PM Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport Oregon Free & Open to All How can we develop empathy toward others? Join Willamette Willamette Writers Coast Chapter on April 19 at the Newport Public Library from 2-4

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The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation by C. Steven Blue, Reviewed by Shirley Marc

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Reviewed by Shirley Marc The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation, a psychedelic memoir and narrative verse by C. Steven Blue Sunset West Publishing Group, 2023, 642 pages, $24.99 ISBN 978-0997997507 Available at: amazon.com Facebook author page: www.facebook.com/cstevenbluepoet Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/cstevenblue C. Steven Blue’s The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation is

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OPA Board Meeting Minutes – February 2024

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February 12, 2024 Present Bob Sterry, president Aaron Erhardt, treasurer Sherri Levine Kate Ristau, Vice President Juan Cervantes David Goodrum Sharon Johnson Debra Elisa Wöhrmann, secretary Resigned: Corine Hughes  Sherri moved to accept, and they were accepted.  Aaron moved to appoint her to the board; David seconded this—and it was anonymous. OPA has a new

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OPA Board Meeting Minutes – January 2024

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January 8, 2024 Present Bob Sterry, president Aaron Erhardt, treasurer Sherri Levine Kate Ristau, Vice President Juan Cervantes David Goodrum Corine Hughes  Sharon Johnson Debra Elisa Wöhrmann, secretary A Reading by David Goodrum: “Winter’s Vangaurds” Recently published in The Banyon Review Sherri motioned to accept the minutes, Kate seconded, and this was passed unanimously. Sharon

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OPA Board Meeting Minutes – December 4, 2023

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