The Studio Series Poetry Reading & Open Mic

Featuring Charles Goodrich and Will Hornyak

 Charles Goodrich worked for 25 years as a professional gardener, then served as Director of the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University. He is the author of four volumes of poetry—Watering the Rhubarb; A Scripture of Crows; Going to Seed: Dispatches from the Garden; and Insects of South Corvallis—a book of narrative essays, The Practice of Home, and a novel, Weave Me a Crooked Basket. His next book, Knot House: New & Selected Poems is forthcoming from Empty Bowl Press in April 2026. Charles writes and gardens near the confluence of the Marys and Willamette Rivers in Corvallis, Oregon.  FMI: charlesgoodrich.com 

Will Hornyak has entertained, educated and inspired audiences as a storyteller for over 30 years throughout the Northwest and beyond. His first book of poetry This Altar and Earth and Sky is a twenty-one poem “journey deeply rooted in natural, spiritual and mythical realms.” It also covers auto repair, carpentry, baseball and gardening!  Will is delighted to be reading with Charles Goodrich, a poet he has long admired.  For further information: www.WillHornyak.net

 The Open Mic is open to all audience members. Participants can sign up before the start of the reading or during the break. In the interest of time, Open Mic readers are asked to limit their reading to three minutes.

View clips of featured poets reading at the Studio Series on Instagram @poet_landia and on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1281329966139780/

The Open Mic is open to all audience members. Participants can sign up before the start of the reading or during the break. In the interest of time, Open Mic readers are asked to limit their reading to three minutes.

View clips of featured poets reading at the Studio Series on Instagram @poet_landia and on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1281329966139780/

The Ross Island Grocery and Café is a cozy space with capacity for 40 or so people. Tables are available, so people who arrive early can enjoy a light supper (i.e., a sandwich, salad or burger) while waiting for the reading to begin. If we run out of table space, folding chairs are available. A mic will enhance the readings. There is plenty of unrestricted parking on the streets around the Café.

Questions? Please contact host Leah Stenson at [email protected].

The Studio Series Poetry Reading & Open Mic

Nov. 9, 2025 (Sunday) 7:00 PM

Ross Island Grocery & Café, 3502 S Corbett Avenue, Portland  97239

Featuring Charles Goodrich and Will Hornyak

Charles Goodrich worked for 25 years as a professional gardener, then served as Director of the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University. He is the author of four volumes of poetry—Watering the Rhubarb; A Scripture of Crows; Going to Seed: Dispatches from the Garden; and Insects of South Corvallis—a book of narrative essays, The Practice of Home, and a novel, Weave Me a Crooked Basket. His next book, Knot House: New & Selected Poems is forthcoming from Empty Bowl Press in April 2026. Charles writes and gardens near the confluence of the Marys and Willamette Rivers in Corvallis, Oregon.  FMI: charlesgoodrich.com 

Will Hornyak has entertained, educated and inspired audiences as a storyteller for over 30 years throughout the Northwest and beyond. His first book of poetry This Altar and Earth and Sky is a twenty-one poem “journey deeply rooted in natural, spiritual and mythical realms.” It also covers auto repair, carpentry, baseball and gardening!  Will is delighted to be reading with Charles Goodrich, a poet he has long admired.  For further information: www.WillHornyak.net

The Open Mic is open to all audience members. Participants can sign up before the start of the reading or during the break. In the interest of time, Open Mic readers are asked to limit their reading to three minutes.