ABOUT

Donna Henderson, Riparian Press publisher and editor, is also one of the four founding members of Airlie Press. She has been a contributing editor at Calyx Books and other publishing platforms, was the founder and coordinator of the long-running, annual “Wild Women, Recite” event in Monmouth, Oregon, and has taught craft of poetry in community and university settings. She is the author of four collections of poems, two of which (Transparent Woman and The Eddy Fence) were finalists for the Oregon Book Award in Poetry. Send Word, her newest collection of poems and Riparian Press’ first title, was released in August of 2022. “Are You With Me Here?” her occasional newsletter of reflective essays, can be found on Substack