Salem Poetry Project Featuring Marilyn Johnston

Marilyn Johnston is a writer and filmmaker and recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship for Writers, as well as a Fishtrap Fellowship. She was awarded the Donna J. Stone National Literary Award for Poetry and a Robert Penn Warren Award. Recent poems have or will be appearing in Timberline Review, Calyx, Madrona 3, and Abandoned Mine. She is the author of a chapbook, Red Dust Rising (The Habit of Rainy Nights Press), and a full collection, Before Igniting (Rippling Brook Press, 2020).

The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Bush Barn Annex, 600 Mission St SE, Salem. Parking for the Bush Barn and Bush House is located off of High Street and the Annex entrance is just to the left of the main entrance. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at [email protected].