Birdhouse Books and Christopher Luna welcome poets Kristin Berger and Debra Elisa for April’s First Friday Poetry Night!

First Friday Poetry Night! is a poetry series featuring an everchanging slate of talented local poets hosted by Birdhouse Books and Christopher Luna. Catch us each First Friday at 7pm in the heart of VDA’s Art Walk. Drop by early to browse the books, soak in the art, and pick up some delicious treats upstairs at Short & Sweet before the show.

Kristin Berger is the author of six poetry collections including Earthwork (The Poetry Box, 2022), Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), How Light Reaches Us (Kelsey Books, 2nd Edition, 2024), and For the Willing (2nd edition, Nightjar Poetry Press, 2024). She is the recipient of residencies from Playa, OSU's Spring Creek Project, and H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, and has contributed poetry to the Writing the Land Project, which pairs poets with nature preserves and wilderness areas. Kristin serves as President of PLAYA board of directors and lives in the Portland, Oregon area. More at kristinbergerpoet.com

Debra Elisa explores joy and sorrow, grief and ecstasy through poetry and fiction. She believes stories can save lives and leads Poetry Play and other creative workshops. You Can Call It Beautiful, her first poetry collection, debuted in 2023, MoonPath Press. She lives in Portland, Oregon and loves to lose herself in her backyard garden, along the coast, and in lush forest. https://moonpathpress.com/DebraElisa.htm