Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic
Featuring David Pickering
Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige
7 pm
Thursday, August 14
Art At The Cave
108 E Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98660
https://artatthecave.com
ANTI-RACIST, LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, PRO-SCIENCE, ANTI-FASCIST,
PRO-CHOICE, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004
https://printedmattervancouver.com/
$5 Suggested donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
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David Pickering is a native Oregonian, born and raised in the working-class culture of the north coast (though he will demur if asked the year). His first poetry collection, Jesus Comes to Me as Judy Garland, received the Airlie Prize in 2020. In March of 2025 his poem, “Closing on the Last Home,” was selected for the Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain Poetry Prize. David’s poetry is also published (or forthcoming) in a variety of journals including Cirque, Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith, Passager, Tar River Poetry, Mantis, Fireweed, Lips, Reed Magazine, and Gertrude. Recognized by the GLAPN as a Pacific Northwest Queer Hero, David lives with his husband in Portland where, even as you read this, he has likely had too much coffee.
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The Ghost Town Poetry community respectfully encourages you to support Niche Wine Bar, whose owner, Leah Jackson, provided a home for the reading series from 2015-2020. Stop by their new location at 900 Washington, Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660:
https://nichewinebar.com.
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