January 17, 2019
Egress Studio Press publishes handmade, limited-edition poetry books by Washington State poets. Publisher Anita K. Boyle also serves as designer and bookbinder. James Bertolino assists as editor. See Anita’s art and publishing endeavors at Egressstudio.com.
Readers: James Bertolino, Anita K. Boyle, Jed Myers, Sheila Sondik [not able to attend], and Richard Widerkehr — with music by Richard
See Facebook event. This reading is SoulFood Poetry Night’s 150th official reading.
James Bertolino’s foureenth volume of poetry is Ravenous Bliss from MoonPath Press. His most recent book is the Last Call anthology—an international collection of poems that refer to alcohol, which he edited for World Enough Writers press.
Anita K. Boyle is a poet and artist from Bellingham, Washington. She makes paper, assemblages, drawings, prints, paintings, and publishes limited-edition handmade books of poetry by Washington State poets.
Jed Myers is author of Watching the Perseids (Sacramento Poetry Center Book Award), The Marriage of Space and Time (MoonPath Press, forthcoming), and three chapbooks, including Dark’s Channels (Iron Horse Literary Review Chapbook Award). Recent poems appear in Rattle, Poetry Northwest, The American Journal of Poetry, and Southern Poetry Review.
Sheila Sondik (photo at far right) is a poet and printmaker who lives in Bellingham, Washington. Her poetry has appeared in Calyx, Kettle Blue Review, The Literateur, Anti-Heroin Chic, and elsewhere. Egress Studio Press published her chapbook, Fishing a Familiar Pond: Found Poetry from The Yearling, in 2013.
Richard Widerkehr is the author of In the Presence of Absence (MoonPath Press) and Her Story of Fire (Egress Studio Press). Recent work has appeared in Arts & Letters, Crab Creek Review, Ravens Chronicles, and The Writer’s Almanac. He’s a musician who plays acoustic guitar and writes songs, too.