Women’s National Book Association presents
No Poetry No Peace™ Sat Apr 26 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
This event is FREE to all members and non-members. If you are from a specific chapter please specify which one. If you would like to donate to either poets or Authentic Voices, please choose the donation ticket.
Donations to the poets or the Authentic Voices Fellowship are accepted and appreciated!
Alex Behr will be reading prose and poetry for about 7 minutes.
No Poetry No Peace™
Poetry that hits where it needs to.
On April 26, a bold crew of poets step up to share words that don’t flinch. Some verses will soothe. Others will stir. Truth doesn’t come in one tone.
From No Poetry No Peace™, co-authored by Sheryl and Angela Boutte, this series reminds us that poetry can be soft as breath or sharp as a blade. It’s expression. It’s healing. It’s the kind of peace that comes from facing what’s real.
Co-author Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte will be the moderator for this event. Read on for the full lineup of poets bringing their truth to the mic.
Antlers and Beehives: Writing in Natural Patterns — returning to CORPOREAL WRITING for a third time
Such a great class to shake off the doldrums and unchain your imagination. Do it! — Elizabeth C.
FEB — GRIEF STICK FILM with MUSICAL GUEST CORRINA REPP
Thur FEB 20
PAM CUT’S Tomorrow Theater
Event Runtime: 120 min.
TICKETS $15
Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.
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THE EXPERIENCE
Kicking off this event, musician and Grief Stick music composer, Corrina Repp returns to Portland, after moving to LA, to serenade the Tomorrow Theater audience in a homecoming not to be missed.
Following Corrina, writer, producer, and musician Alex Behr will read poems from her book Grief Stick, which she composed during her partner Chris’ illness.
ON SCREEN: Grief Stick
2025. Directed by Brian Padian. Runtime: 17:30 minutes.
After 30 years, separated by time and circumstance, Portland poet Alex Behr reunites with her lost love Chris Hartman. Soon after reconnecting, Chris becomes ill with an accelerated, fatal disease. Grief Stickexplores the contours of love and death, using photographs, poems, voicemails, and video to show the before, during, and after of the illness and how it impacted them both.
A Northern Flicker Films/Dogwood Ink co-production
With grant support from Regional Arts and Culture Council