Kristin Berger

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Portland, OR
Oregon US

Author's Bio

Kristin Berger is the author of 6 poetry collections: Earthwork (The Poetry Box, 2022), Changing Woman, Changing Man (with Diane Sandall, Nightjar Press, 2022), Refugia (Persian Pony Press, 2019), Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016), and For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008): and co-editor of VoiceCatcher 6 (2011) with Toni Partington. Her long prose-poem, Changing Woman & Changing Man: A High Desert Myth, was a finalist for the 2016 Newfound Prose Prize, Berger's poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the Oregon Book Award, and she has been awarded residencies from Playa at Summer Lake and The Spring Creek Project. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Kristin lives in Oregon. More at www.kristinbergerpoet.com.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry in an Old Growth Forest (University of Washington Press, 2016)
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Cup of Comfort for Mothers (Adams Media, 2010)
Journals:
Conte
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Hip Mama
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mamazine.com
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Mothering Magazine
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Sea Stories
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Under the Sun
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you are here: the journal of creative geography

Poetry

Anthologies:
The Absence of Something Specified (Uttered Chaos Press, 2017)
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Drought Anthology (Tiger's Eye Press, 2016)
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Facing the Change: Personal Encounters with Global Warming (Torrey House Press, 2013)
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The Great American Poetry Show (Muse Media, 2010)
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VoiceCatcher 3 (VoiceCatcher, 2008)
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VoiceCatcher 2 (VoiceCatcher, 2007)
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VoiceCatcher 1 (VoiceCatcher, 2006)
Book:
How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016)
Chapbook:
For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008)
Journals:
Alimentum
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Bone Bouquet
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Camas
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Cirque
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Elegant Thorn Review
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Elohi Gadugi Journal
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Four Chambers
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Her Circle E-Zine
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Heron Tree
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Hot Metal Press
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Light: A Journal of Photography & Poetry
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MiPOesias
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Mom Writers Literary Magazine
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Pilgrimage
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Plum Tree Tavern
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Poppy Road Review
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Rockhurst Review
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The Comstock Review
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The Inflectionist Review
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The Timberline Review
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Untitled Country Review
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Verseweavers
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Watershed Review
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Wild Goose Poetry Review
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Wild Roof Journal
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Windfall A Journal of Poetry of Place
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Written River
Prizes won: 

Playa Writers Residency, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Starkey Research Forest Writers Residency, Summer 2013. The Spring Creek Project's Andrew Forest Writers Residency, Fall 2012. Second Prize, Oregon Poetry Association, Collaborative Poem with Scot Siegel, Fall 2012. Runner-Up, New Letters Reader's Choice Award in Poetry, 2009. First Prize, Oregon State Poetry Association, Spring 2005 & Fall 2009.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
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Last update: Aug 14, 2023