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Readings@Milepost 5 – Ruth Beck, To Hell With Love Open Mic

Readings@Milepost 5 occurs every second Tuesday. Sponsored by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press / Elohi Gadugi.

On February 14th we will have featured reader, Ruth Beck, followed by our first themed Open Mic, To Hell With Love, which will explore the dark side of love.

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Poet Ruth Beck

Featured reader Ruth Beck was born in Oregon and attended Marylhurst University, from which she holds a BA degree in Religion & Philosophy with a minor in Creative Writing. She was the recipient of the 2008 Clackamas Community College Writing Contest Award in Poetry, and was also recipient of the Binford Writing Award at Marlyhurst University. Her poetry has appeared in a small handful of literary journals, and she is the author of the chapbook, Trepanning for Gold (2009). She lives in Oregon City, Oregon, with her husband, son & English bulldog.

We are looking for poets, story tellers, and acoustic musicians to perform. Bring your poems, stories, songs and very short fiction (under 1200 words) about rejection, break ups, lonely hearts, independence, and twisted love. If you don’t have anything on the subject, don’t worry, we won’t turn you away (just no goo-goo-eyed, luv-struck crap, okay?).

For More info: Duane Poncy, 503-278-6952, duane@poncy-mclean.net.

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Readings @ Milepost 5, December 13th

George Rachel MarieJoin us for an evening of poetry and prose at Eat.Art.Theater, Milepost 5’s fine café and performance venue. Readings @ Milepost 5 is on the second Tuesday of every month. Beginning at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 13, featured readers will be Jodie Marion and George Rachel Marie. They will be followed by an open mic.

George Rachel Marie works as a writer, print artist, and mentor for women recovering from domestic traumas. She is a student of literature and social philosophy at Marylhurst University, where she received the Jackie Mosier Emerging Writer Award. Past work can be viewed in the journal Habit 2011, as well as the online journal M Review. Her current collection uses poetry, fragmented narrative and theoretical inquiry to explore the limits of language, memory and identity.

Jodie Marion teaches writing at a local college and mothers four small, wild children. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Best New Poets 2011, Narrative Magazine, The New Guard Literary Review and elsewhere.

Sponsored by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press.