Lex Runciman has published seven collections, most recently Unlooked For (2022) from Salmon Poetry in Ireland. A new collection, Light in the Evergreens, is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press in 2026. A Portlander by birth, he’s lived in Sellwood for the last ten years.
Katherine Factor is a writer, editor, and educator. She is the author of four Choose Your Own Adventures for young readers and a poetry book, 'A Sybil Society,' which won Interim Poetic's TEST SITE Poetry Prize. Factor has her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has held positions as the Poet-in-Residence at Idyllwild Arts Academy and has taught writers from all over the world in arts high schools, summer camps, and colleges. Find out more at kfactorwrites.com.
Ralph LaCharity spent the maturity of his time as poet across Amerisha's abundant hide as an open poetry operative, residing at various times in towns such as Seattle, San Franscisco, Denver, San Antonio, even for a spell over in Honolulu,. He has published eight books of poetry, the most frequent of which have been published by Dos Madres Press, of Loveland Ohio. His most recent book of poetry, SPRUNGS und Alles, will come out early this year
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