Beth will be reading selected poems from my newest collection of poems titled Luminous (Kelsay Books, 2021). She will have copies of the book available that night for sale and signing.

Beth Paulson lives in Ouray County, Colorado where she co-founded the Open Bard Literary Series and currently leads the Poetica Workshop in Ridgway. She taught English at California State University Los Angeles for 22 years. Her poems have been widely published in national journals and anthologies and have four times been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. In May 2019 Beth was appointed the first Poet Laureate of Ouray County. Luminous (Kelsay Books, 2021) is her sixth published collection.