Monday April 20th 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Marianne Werner’s

passions are travel and nature; she journeys to distant places and often writes about or photographs her adventures. A retired English teacher who lives in Ashland, Oregon, she has published poetry, articles, and photos in varied local and national literary magazines and newspapers, including Empirical, Watershed, San Miguel Literary Sala Solamente, Pilgrimage, River Poets Journal, Flyway, Minerva Rising, White Pelican, Written River, Earth Island Journal (online), Camas, The Sun, and Ashland Tidings. She also has self-published two collections of photos and poems, Simple Images and Moments, in addition to two books of poems, Findings and Wait. Her most recent work is The Society of Trees.

Barry Vitcov

is a retired educator having spent a 45-year career as a middle school English teacher, school administrator, leadership coach, and adjunct university professor. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his wife and exceptionally brilliant standard poodle. His poetry and short stories have appeared in a variety of publications, including “EAP: The Magazine,” “Literary Yard,” “The Scarlet Review,” “Fiction on the Web,” “Labyrinth,” “Mobius Blvd.,” “Black Sheep,” “Dark Horses,” “Jefferson Journal,” and “The Rapids.” Finishing Line Press has published six books: a collection of poetry, Where I Live Some of the Time (2021); a collection of short stories The Wilbur Stories & More (2022); a poetry chapbook, Structures (2024); a novella, The Boy with Six Fingers (2025). a poetry chapbook, Boychik Poems (2026), and a collection of short stories, Unknown & Other Stories (2026).