Mimi GermanMimi German is an American poet, subversive artist, advocate for the unhoused, and queer childless cat lady dividing her time between life in the wilderness of Oregon's Steens Mountain where she lives with her partner. and the urban strife of Portlan, OR. She has written four books of poetry since 2022, culminating with Flowers of the Litter, co-edited by Mimi German and Carl Spiby from the UK, a collection of poems written by both unhoused and housed poets across the world.Mimi German has worked extensively with unhoused communities in Portland and worked as an advocate inside Portland's city hall where she often used her poetry as testimony against arbitrary rules against houselessness brought on by Mayor Ted Wheeler. Between 2015-2023, Mimi helped to establish unpermitted encampments run by houseless communities, much to the extreme ire and frustration of Portland's mayor, city council, cops, and park rangers. Her first book of poetry, Beneath the Gravel Weight of Stars released in 2022, wove her experiences and observations about the crisis of houselessness through her poetry. During the pandemic, Eye Publish Ewe published Mimi's third book, Where Grasses Bend as well as WAR POEMS Israel- Gaza/The First 100 Days of Carnage which has also become an art installation.German's poetry has been published in numerous journals and books including New Generation Beats Anthologies, in Maintenant 18/ Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, in the Clarion Quarterly Journal #2, in Walt Whitman's Corner in the Long Islander, and in the UK in International Times(IT) and Steel JackDaw Magazine. She was named Oregon's first New Beat Generation Poet Laureate (2023-2025) by the National Beat Poetry Foundation. Read More Read Less