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Photos from Summer Fest Open Mic at the Howard House Featuring DC Klein and Joann Renee Boswell

August 6, 2023
Toni Lumbrazo Luna, DC Klein, Christopher Luna, and Joann Renee Boswell by Denise Campbell

Many thanks to everyone who attended the open mic at The Howard House on July 30 sponsored by The Historic Trust and hosted by Printed Matter Vancouver co-founders Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna. The open mic included dynamic readings by Lucas Gubala, Drew Morse, Papasquatch, Denise Campbell, Christopher Diaz, and two of Joann’s children. We were also joined by members of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society, who worked on their paintings while listening. Christopher and Toni would like to thank Mindy Wilkins and Temple Lentz of The Historic Trust for inviting us to participate in this fun, family-friendly afternoon of poetry in the sun.

Photos by Christopher Luna and Madilynn Klein.

Toni Lumbrazo Luna introduces one of the open mic readers.
Joann Renee Boswell reads from breath so hungry (The Poetry Box, 2022)
Joann Renee Boswell reads from Cosmic Pockets (Barclay Press, 2020)
Christopher Luna by Madilynn Klein
DC Klein’s tribute to Christopher Luna and his poetry workshops.
Christopher Luna proudly displays DC’s tribute poem.
Christopher Luna reacts to hearing DC’s tribute.

Summer Fest Open Mic Poetry Featuring DC Klein and Joann Renee Boswell at The Howard House on July 30

July 24, 2023

Open Mic Poetry Reading

Featuring Clark County Authors Joann Renee Boswell and DC Klein

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna

1-3pm

July 30, 2023

General O.O. Howard House

750 Anderson St

Vancouver, WA 98661

The Historic Trust and Printed Matter Vancouver co-founders Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna present an afternoon of family-friendly open mic poetry on the patio at The Howard House in Vancouver, WA. Everyone in the community is invited to share a poem or just listen. We are also proud to present featured readings by two Clark County poets, Joann Renee Boswell and D.C. Klein. Bring a picnic, blanket, or folding chair.

Joann Renee Boswell is a poet, photographer, teacher, director, mystic, mother who lives in Camas, WA with her husband (a Quaker minister) and her three young children. Joann’s first book, Cosmic Pockets (Fernwood Press, 2020), is a full-length collection of poetry and photography. Her chapbook, breath so hungry (The Poetry Box, 2022), is a love letter. Her second full-length collection is a coloring poetry book in collaboration with two illustrators called Meta-Verse! (Fernwood Press, 2023). Joann has been a poetry editor for Untold Volumes and VoiceCatcher. She has been published in CIRQUE, otoliths, VoiceCatcher, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Not a Pipe Publishing, and Soul Forte. You can read more at joannrenee.com.

DC Klein is a poet looking out a window. He has been published in Residual Believers and Body Fluids, among others. His first chapbook Half a Martyr, was self-published in 2021.

Printed Matter Vancouver is a small press focused on Southwest Washington poets founded by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna in 2011. To learn more about their publications, Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, workshops, editing, or coaching, visit printedmattervancouver.com.