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Listed as:

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

Portland, OR

Oregon US

Bio:

Kristin Berger is the author of 6 poetry collections: Earthwork (The Poetry Box, 2022), Changing Woman, Changing Man (with Diane Sandall, Nightjar Press, 2022), Refugia (Persian Pony Press, 2019), Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016), and For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008): and co-editor of VoiceCatcher 6 (2011) with Toni Partington. Her long prose-poem, Changing Woman & Changing Man: A High Desert Myth, was a finalist for the 2016 Newfound Prose Prize, Berger's poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the Oregon Book Award, and she has been awarded residencies from Playa at Summer Lake and The Spring Creek Project. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Kristin lives in Oregon. More at www.kristinbergerpoet.com [2].

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Website:

https://www.kristinbergerpoet.com [3]

Prizes won:

Playa Writers Residency, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Starkey Research Forest Writers Residency, Summer 2013. The Spring Creek Project's Andrew Forest Writers Residency, Fall 2012. Second Prize, Oregon Poetry Association, Collaborative Poem with Scot Siegel, Fall 2012. Runner-Up, New Letters Reader's Choice Award in Poetry, 2009. First Prize, Oregon State Poetry Association, Spring 2005 & Fall 2009.