POETRY LOUNGE ONLINE OPEN MIC!
Featuring Kelli Russell Agodon!

Sunday, November 15, 1:00 p.m. (PST) via Zoom.
Poetry Lounge is held twice a month on the first and third Sunday!

Hosted by Lesa Medley!
Contact Lesa Medley to receive your Zoom link: lcmedley016@gmail.com.

Kelli Russell Agodon (she/her) is a bi/queer poet and editor whose newest poetry book, Accidental Devotions, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2026.

Her last book, Dialogues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press), was named a Finalist in the Washington State Book Awards and shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize in Poetry.
She is also the author of Demystifying the Manuscript: Essays & Interviews on Creating a Book of Poems. She is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press where she works as an editor and book cover designer. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University’s low-res MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop. Kelli is currently part of a project between local land trusts and artists to help raise awareness for the preservation of land, ecosystems, and biodiversity called Writing the Land. She also co-hosts the poetry series"Poems You Need" with Melissa Studdard.

www.agodon.com www.twosylviaspress.com

www.youtube.com/@PoemsYouNeed