Oregon State Poetry Association

Poetry Sunday, Sept 12th 7-9 pm Stonehenge Studios 3508 SW Corbett Ave Portland, Oregon 97239. Call with questions: 503-224-3640

September's poetry and open mic  will feature Barbara Drake and Scot Siegel 

Barbara Drake's books and chapbooks of poetry include Driving One Hundred (published in 2009 by Windfall Press), Love at the Egyptian Theatre, What We Say to Strangers, Life in a Gothic Novel, Bees in Wet Weather, and Small Favors.  She is also the author of a memoir, Peace at Heart: an Oregon Country Life, from Oregon State University Press, and Writing Poetry, a widely used college textbook, in print since 1983.  Her writing appears in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.  Peace at Heart was an Oregon Book Award finalist in 1999.
Born in Kansas , she moved with her parents to Oregon as a small child and grew up in Coos Bay on the Southern Oregon coast.  She earned her B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Oregon and subsequently lived in Michigan for sixteen years where she taught at Michigan State University before returning to Oregon to teach at Linfield College from 1983 until her recent retirement. The author and her husband live on a small Yamhill County farm which was the inspiration for Peace at Heart.

Scot Siegel is a native of Northern California, but for the past 23 years he has called Oregon home. Scot lives in Lake Oswego with his wife and two daughters and works as an urban planning consultant to small towns and cities. He is the author of Some Weather and two poetry chapbooks, Untitled Country and Skeleton Says. A Pushcart nominee, Scot has received awards and commendations from Aesthetica Magazine (UK), Nimrod International and the Oregon State Poetry Association. He also serves on the board of Friends of William Stafford and edits the online poetry journal Untitled Country Review.