When: Saturday, May 7, doors 7 pm, event at 7:30 sharp. $5
Where: IPRC, 1001 SE Division St, Portland, Or
Common Place (Ugly
Duckling Presse 2015) is Rob Halpern's most recent book of poetry. Other titles
include Music for Porn (Nightboat 2013), Disaster Suites (Palm Press 2009), and
Rumored Place (Krupskaya 2006). Together with Taylor Brady, he also co-authored
the book-length poem Snow Sensitive Skin, which has been reissued by Displaced
Press. Recent essays and translations appear in Chicago Review, Journal of
Narrative Theory, and The Claudius App. Rob currently splits his time between
San Francisco and Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he teaches at Eastern Michigan
University and Women's Huron Valley Prison.
Lamarra Haynes began
developing her poetic voice last year when her professor, Kaia Sand, gave her
the space to express her coursework through a poetic lens. Lamarra’s poems
generally emerge from political analysis and then she attempts to make the
political personal; she attempts to understand how big lofty political
decisions have affected her own life. Her poem “#FreddieGray” is published in
the academic journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.
Rachael Jensen is a writer living in Portland Oregon. She
has been a contributor to Publication Studio, Poor Claudia, & SNOOT Books.
