LBCC Valley Writers Series Hosts Author/Poet Shaindel Beers
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Beers also will hold a reading and discussion May 18 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Mennonite Village Lakeside Community Center, 2180 SE 54th, Albany, followed by a Writing Workshop, “All the World’s a Poem: Writing Using ‘Found’ Poetry from the World Around You” from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Albany Public Library meeting room, 2450 14th Ave SE.
Beers’ poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is currently an instructor of English at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon and serves as Poetry Editor of Contrary.
A Brief History of Time, Beers’ first full-length poetry collection, was released by Salt Publishing in 2009. Her second collection, The Children’s War and Other Poems, was released in February of 2013.
Beers studied literature at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, and at the University of Chicago. She earned a master of fine arts in creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Her awards include: first place Karen Fredericks and Frances Willitts Poetry Prize (2008); grand prize co-winner Trellis Magazine Sestina contest (2008); first place Dylan Days Poetry Competition (2007); award-winning poem published, Eleventh Muse (2006); honorable mention, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Awards (2005); honorable mention, Juniper Creek/Unnamed Writers Award (2005); and the title poem from this collection A Brief History of Time was nominated for a Pushcart prize (2004).
These events are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the LBCC English Department, the Valley Writers Series, the Albany Public Library, and Albany Peace Seekers. For more information, contact the LBCC English Department at 541-917-4530.
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