January 19, 2023 — Madrona Writers

Tonight’s reading features three members of the Madrona Writers group that has been meeting monthly in Bellingham, Washington since 2017.

Jennifer Bullis is the author of Impossible Lessons (MoonPath Press), and her work has appeared in Cherry Tree, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Water~Stone Review, and Terrain.org. Originally from Reno, she lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she writes about long-distance foot travel, motherhood, horse-keeping, deforestation, faith trouble, repurposing myth, and women in the courtroom.

Dayna Patterson is a photographer, textile artist, and irreverent bardophile. She’s the author of O Lady, Speak Again (Signature Books, 2023) and If Mother Braids a Waterfall (Signature Books, 2020). Honors include the Association for Mormon Letters Poetry Award and the 2019 #DignityNotDetention Poetry Prize judged by Ilya Kaminsky. daynapatterson.com

Allie Spikes’s poems and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, Los Angeles Review, Rumpus, River Teeth, Bellingham Review, and elsewhere. Her poetry collection was a finalist for BOA’s A. Poulin, Jr. Prize, and her nonfiction has been listed as Notable in Best American Essays. She serves as prose/poetry editor at Psaltery & Lyre. alliespikes.com