June 7, 2023: T. Clear
T. Clear has been writing and publishing since the late 1970s, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Northwest, Sheila-na-Gig, The Rise-Up Review, Red Earth Review, Terrain.org, The Moth, Common Ground Review, Crannog, The American Journal of Poetry, and Take a Stand: Art Against Hate. Her book, A House, Undone, is the 2021 winner of the Sally Albiso Award from MoonPath Press. She is an Associate Editor at Bracken Magazine.
Emcee: Mary Crane July 5, 2023: Erika Brumett
Erika Brumett’s words appear in numerous publications, including North American Review, Prairie Schooner, New Ohio Review, and Barrow Street. She is the winner of RHINO’s Editor's Prize, Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Poetry Fellowship, as well as Black Mountain Press' 2019 Writer's Grant. Erika’s novel, Scrap Metal Sky, was published by Shape&Nature Press, and her chapbook, bonehouse, was released from Green Linden Press. She received a Special Mention in The Pushcart Prize 2021 Anthology.
Emcee: Pamela Denchfield Aug. 2. 2023: To Be AnnouncedWatch this space!
Sept. 6, 2023: Michael Magee
Michael Magee studied under David Wagoner and Bill Matchett at the University of Washington. He has written scripts for the plays "A Night in Reading Gaol With Oscar Wilde" produced in England and "Shank's Mare" which was made into a movie and won a Best Actor's Prize. He won first prize in the Dancing Poetry Contest in San Francisco and second prize in KindofaHurricainePress’ Editor’s Choice Awards. Michael has read at Shakespeare and Company, Paris and on BBC Radio 1, as well as being a participant in the Jack Straw Writers Program for radio in Seattle. He also wrote several songs for the CD Vaudeville. He has been an Artist-in-the-Schools in Washington, Seattle Artist-in-Residence with the Seattle Arts Commission and Arts and Aging Team. Terra Firma is his 3rd collection published by MoonPath along with "How We Move Toward Light" and "Cinders of our Better Angels." In 2022 he published "Self Variations: Travels in Greece and Turkey" and "The Penny Princess," a coloring book. Michael lives in Tacoma, Washington.
Emcee: Jeremy Robkin |
October 4, 2023: Nicole Renée La Follette
Nicole Renée La Follette is a third-generation immigrant poet of Seattle, who has been writing since she was shorter. Nicole is a dog-mother, yogi, gardener, and world traveling adventure-seeker. You will notice by her glow that she is "with book" - an immaculate inception. Her first book of poems, ‘Unique, Like Everyone’, is due to be birthed soon. In lieu of flowers, she asks that you shine your light so that others may find their way.
Emcee: Pamela Denchfield Nov. 1, 2023: To Be AnnouncedWatch this space!
Dec. 6, 2023: Branwyn Holroyd
Branwyn Holroyd's poetry is informed by over twenty years of working as a social worker, primarily in the area of child protection. She currently lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia where she is employed as a barista. She has an MFA from Oklahoma City University and is working on her first full length poetry manuscript. She has publications in Cirque, San Pedro River Review, Room Magazine and Taos Journal of International Poetry and Art.
Emcee: Mary Crane |
