Coming this month to the Birdhouse Books First Friday metaphorical stage is Portland poetry powerhouse, Sam Rose Preminger!

Sam Rose Preminger is a trans-nonbinary, Jewish writer and publisher. They hold an MFA from Pacific University, serve as Editor of NAILED Magazine, and are a Co-Founder of Lightship Press alongside Igor Brezhnev. They are the author of Cosmological Horizons (Summer 2022) and Our Streets (Winter 2022), and their poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner, North Dakota Quarterly, and Narrative Magazine among many other publications. They live in Portland, OR, where they've acquired too many house plants.

Our Streets and Cosmological Horizons can be found at Birdhouse Books among other Portland area book retailers!

The reading will begin at 7 and Birdhouse Books will be open 11am - 9pm. Join the First Friday fun and celebrate poetry with us for National Poetry Month!