Kristin Berger is the author of four poetry collections, Changing Woman, Changing Man: A High Desert Myth (Nightjar Press, 2022). Refugia (Persian Pony Press, 2019), Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016), For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008), and Earthwork, forthcoming from The Poetry Box in August, 2022. A former member of the editorial collective, VoiceCatcher, and the former co-host of The Lents Farmers Market Poetry Series, Kristin continues to be inspired by writing of resistance, resiliency and beauty through The Lents Poetry Project on Instagram.Recipient of residencies from Playa and OSU's Spring Creek Project, Kristin's work is influenced by Oregon's High Desert, Cascades, Coastal Range and all the Pacific Northwest's wild and interconnected landscapes. Kristin works as the Program Director and Administrator of Green Lents, a climate justice nonprofit in Lents, Portland, where she has lived for 24 years with her family. Find more of her work at kristinbergerpoet.com