Karen Petersen will be reading from her three award-winning chapbooks, in addition to a selection from her upcoming first volume out later this year, The Habits of a Landscape, published by Kelsay Books.

Karen Petersen has published poetry, short stories, and flash both nationally and internationally.  A former foreign correspondent, in this last decade she has been fiercely devoted to a literary life. Her poems have been translated into Persian and Spanish, and she has been nominated for numerous prizes, including ten Pushcarts, and long-listed for the UK's international Bridport Prize, Forward Prize, and Australia's Peter Porter Prize. 

Mary Strong Jackson’s full-length book of poetry, A Pear-Shaped World, was published in May of 2025 by Finishing Line Press. S. Jackson facilitated a writing group for 4 years at the Life Link psycho/social rehabilitation program where she worked in Santa Fe, NM. She brought poetry to the men’s and women’s shelters in Santa Fe for 2 years.

Dates:
Monday, October 12 @ 6:00 p.m.

Admission:
Free.

Venue:
Teatro Paraguas @ 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe, NM