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Everything is Shining By Jan David Madsen, reviewed by Emily Pittman Newberry

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Everything is Shining By Jan David Madsen Lulu, 2016, 66 pages, $15 ISBN 978-1329812314 Available at https://www.lulu.com/ Author website: https://zestymumbles.com/ Reviewed by Emily Pittman Newberry When Carolyn Martin sent out a call for poets to write reviews of books, I scanned the list of books on the OPA website and was drawn to Everything is

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Call for Proposals: 2017 Conference

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Please Join Our 2017 Conference as a Presenter! [gview file=”https://oregonpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/OPA-call-for-proposals.pdf”] OPA will hold its annual conference at the University Place Hotel owned by Portland State University on the weekend of October 13-15. Emmett Wheatfall headlines as keynote speaker. Friday night festivities include a keynote talk and readings by Emmett and time for an open mic. Saturday includes workshops, lunch,

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Here From Somewhere Else by Judith Arcana, reviewed by Tricia Knoll

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Here From Somewhere Else by Judith Arcana Left Fork Press, 2015, 26 pages, $10 ISBN 978-0692589526 Available at https://leftfork.org/books/ Reviewed by Tricia Knoll Judith Arcana’s chapbook Here From Somewhere Else was a perfect choice for the Turtle Island Quarterly’s 2015 Editor’s Prize. The press focuses on deepening connections to the natural world. The eighteen poems in the collection

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2017 Fall Conference: Portland, October 13th – 15th

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Announcing our 2017 conference venue and date: We’ll meet at the University Place Hotel owned by Portland State University on the weekend of October 13-15. Emmett Wheatfall headlines as keynote speaker.  The 2017 conference will feature multiple tracks of workshops, presentations, open mics and more! Browse the book room and bring books of your own

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News from NFSPS

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Enjoy Poetry and Sunshine at the 2017 NFSPS Convention The 2017 National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) Convention will be held June 29 – July 2 in Fort Worth, Texas. Hosted by the Poetry Society of Texas at the historic Hilton Fort Worth, the Convention offers an opportunity to explore “The Art and Soul

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2017 Student Contest Winners

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The Oregon Poetry Association congratulates the winners in the nineteenth annual K-12 student poetry contest. Division I: Kindergarten through Second Grade Antonio del Solar, “Starfall”, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry Bradan Lasse, “My House”, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry Eleanor Black, “Poetry”, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry Eliott Polzin,

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