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About Risa Denenberg

Risa Denenberg lives in Sequim, Washington, where she works as a nurse practitioner. She is a co-founder and editor at Headmistress Press and publishes reviews of poetry at The Rumpus, Crab Creek Review, Broadsided Press, and other venues. Risa curates The Poetry Café, an online meeting place where poetry chapbooks are celebrated and reviewed. She has published three chapbooks and three full-length collections of poetry, most recently, slight faith (MoonPath Press, 2018). For more information: thepoetrycafe.online and risadenenberg.com.

Two poems by Risa Denenberg

Risa Denenberg

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On Becoming a Geode I left high school pregnant, tiny pebble in the chaotic boot of the sixties. Banished for smallminded things— skipping class, protesting war, French kissing in the … [Read more...]

A Conversation with Risa Denenberg

Lauren Davis and Risa Denenberg

poet Risa Denenberg and her book, slight faith

Risa Denenberg is a Pacific Northwest poet and publisher. We met during her launch of slight faith at Imprint Books in Port Townsend, Washington. She slipped a free copy into my hands, her … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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