Kristin Berger is the author of six poetry collections including Earthwork (The Poetry Box, 2022), Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), and How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016). She is the recipient of residencies from Playa, OSU's Spring Creek Project, and Starkey Experimental Forest and Range. Kristin has contributed poetry for the Writing the Land Project, which pairs poets with nature preserves and wilderness areas, and is on the board of directors of Playa at Summer Lake. She lives in the Portland, Oregon area. More at kristinbergerpoet.com