Tuesday, March 03, 2026
Mia Kirsi Stageberg
Mia Kirsi Stageberg
After The Promise
Sloow Tapes - CS 45
According to family legend Mia Kirsi Stageberg's name in Norway’s Trøndelag dialect means “stepmountain,” for steps cut into rocks at their home Stågeberget, since even goats found it hard to climb. Stageberg lived in Israel, Canada and several places in America like New Mexico. She was a regular contributer to periodicals like artscanada, New Directions and Caracol in the 1960's and 1970's, published several books of poetry and prose and edited Book of Itzolin: Life and Works of Itzolin Valdemar García and Ronnie Burk's collection of poetry Sky Boat. Edition of 50 copies.