About Us Find a Book Selling Books Events Calendar Contact Us Home » Author Readings » 2nd Annual Salem Poetry Festival! 2nd Annual Salem Poetry Festival! Posted on Aug 20, 2019 in Author Readings, Author Signings, Poetry | 0 comments Join us for the 2nd Annual Salem Poetry Festival at The Book Bin! A lifelong Oregonian, Gary Lark has been a carpenter, janitor, hospital aide, salesman, storyteller, fly fisherman and librarian. His work includes River of Solace, Editor’s Choice Chapbook Award, Turtle Island Quarterly, In the House of Memory, Without a Map, Getting By, Holland Prize. His work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Catamaran, Poet Lore, and ZYZZYVA. Ordinary Gravity was recently published by Airlie Press. He and his wife Dorothy live in the Rogue Valley. About ORDINARY GRAVITY: “…’sooner or later / you have to save your life,’ and in the deep honesty and beauty of these poems, like stars reflected in dark pools, we find kindness, love, incredible courage—and the freedom of Ordinary Gravity. This is a voice for our time, a voice we need. -Bette Lynch Husted “These poems and people ‘enrich the thin life of this planet,’ as the title poem states near the end of this fine collection. In life, one shouldn’t presume too much, but there are gains—’All you have to do is brave the thorns.” -Vince Wixon Ordinary Gravity Look at our complete events calendar Store Locations & Hours Corvallis Book Bin 215 SW 4th St 541-752-0040 10am - 6pm daily Face masks are required. Buying counter open Tuesday-Saturday, by appointment only. Call the store or email corvbookbuyer@gmail.com to set up an appointment. __________________________________________ Salem Book Bin 450 Court St NE 503-361-1235 10am - 7pm daily Face masks are required. Buying counter open daily by appointment only. Call 503-361-1235 to set up an appointment. Author Events Last Friday Poetry Group Presents: Jennifer Perrine Second Saturday Storytime – Poetry Edition 2nd Annual Salem Poetry Festival! Nadene LeCheminant with The Gates of Eden Last Friday Poetry Group Presents: Terra Incognita Caroline Kurtz with A Road Called Down on Both Sides All content copyright of The Book Bin, Inc. 2014