Corridor hide and seek? Over 60 copies have been released over the last 13 days. More will be placed around Whatcom County this weekend. Have you found one yet? Copies are hiding at coffee shops like Cafe Blue in Fairhavern, Roam in the Fountain Disc., Tiny Free Libraries around Bellingham, and of course always copies can be found at Village Books. This is a monthly FREE zine that is hand-published in April 2024-April 2025 (Poetry Month to Poetry Month.) To date, over 45 Pacific Northwest poets and artists have contributed work.
Another great issue comes together as we slowly say goodbye to a wonderful summer. Thank you poets and artists who have contributed thought-provoking work. You are what makes this project so much fun!
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Carla Shafer is the host of Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater Open Mic in
Bellingham since 1991 and World Peace Poets, an annual international peace
poetry postcard exchange, she is a 2023 Jack Straw Writer.
James Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle. Bertolino and Boyle sat beside the
Noon Road pond, and wrote words in a journal about that extraordinary
microcosm. They have been forever changed.
Nancy Canyon’s books: “Saltwater” (poetry), “Celia’s Heaven” (novel), and forthcoming, “Struck: A Season on a Fire Lookout” (memoir). Nancy teaches writing and
painting in her historic Fairhaven art studio. http://www.nancycanyon.com
Sheila Sondik, poet and printmaker, loves Bellingham. Her recent
chapbook, a collection of Golden Shovels, is Lighting Up the Duff,
available online from the publisher, The Poetry Box.
Kathleen A. McKeever has published two books of poetry, available at
Village Books or Bellingham Washington Public Library, “Lightbound”
and “Body/Today.”
Jeffrey Hanson and his wife, Marilyn, left Ohio in 2019 where he
taught for Hocking College and Ohio University. He’s retired now and
lives in Sudden Valley.
Taya Sanderson Kesslau believes that beauty will save the world, and
poetry, cookies, and kindness. She lives in Fairhaven with her sweet
husband and their many 4-legged creatures.
Maria McLeod is the author of two poetry chapbooks, “Mother Want” and
“Skin. Hair. Bones.” She lives in South Whatcom County and works as a
professor of journalism for WWU.
Betty Scott writes poems, essays, and short stories, and is currently
focused on her 4th collection of poems and a collection of essays.
Elizabeth Jane Pryce is a poet, “Wild Child”, (2010). Author of an
early childhood memoir, “Chosen”, (2022). She currently writes a blog:
bluebottleswritingstudio.com
Shannon Laws is a two-time Bellingham Mayor’s Arts Award recipient. Listen to
her read at Bandcamp: chickadeeproductions.bandcamp.com
Candice James is a visual artist, poet, musician and songwriter. She
is a League of Canadian Poets and Royal City Literary Arts Society
member and the author of 21 books.
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