Join us for a poetry reading from Heidi Hemmer’s new poetry chapbook, "Surface Textures" from Finishing Line Press. Heidi will be on hand after the reading to sign copies and answer any questions from the audience.

Heidi Hemmer has been writing and publishing poetry for over fifteen years. Heidi’s poetry utilizes visceral imagery, dark humor, and a forlorn wistfulness to start serious conversations about nature’s inherent beauty, mental illness, and drug abuse. She has been published in the Wild Leaf Press, The Southwest Journal, The Talking Stick Journal, Oddball Magazine, Nude Bruce Journal, The Black Fox Literary Magazine, and Fish Food Magazine. In August 2019, her first poetry chapbook, "Surface Textures" was published by Finishing Line Press. Currently, Heidi is the editor-in-chief of the Martin Lake Journal for the 2019 and 2020 anthology editions. Heidi currently lives in the bone chilling cold of Minnesota, with her husband and Instagram celebrity cat, @BanditTorpedo.