Join us for an evening of poetry with three remarkable voices, sharing their latest work and insights

Kathleen Flenniken is the author of Dressing in the Dark, selected for the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series by Linda Bierds and published by Lynx House Press in Fall 2025. Her other collections include Post Romantic (2020), Plume (2012) and Famous (2006). She is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA and Artist Trust, a Pushcart Prize, and a Washington State Book Award. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Image, Orion, the Cascadia Field Guide and Poetry Unbound anthologies, and in the documentary film Richland, now streaming on Apple TV.  She served as Washington State Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014

Jessica E. Johnson (she/they) is the author of the book-length poem Metabolics (Acre Poetry Series), the chapbook In Absolutes We Seek Each Other (New Michigan Press), and the memoir Mettlework (Acre Books). Jessica is a career community college instructor based in Portland, Oregon and a contributor to Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry. She co-hosts the Constellation Reading Series

Adie Steckel is a writer and editor living in Portland, Oregon. They are an editor of the small press and literary record label Fonograf Editions and work for an HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ health and social services organization