May 16, 2019 —
Floating Bridge Press Poets

Katy E. Ellis is the author of three chapbooks: Night Watch (winner of the 2017 Floating Bridge Press chapbook competition), Urban Animal Expeditions, and Gravity. Her work appears in many literary journals in the US and Canada. She co-curates WordsWest Literary Series in West Seattle.

Natasha Kochicheril Moni’s poetry collections include The Cardiologist’s Daughter (Two Sylvias Press), Lay Down Your Fleece (Shirt Pocket Press), Nearly (Dancing Girl Press), and A Nation (Imagined), winner of the 2018 Floating Bridge chapbook contest. Her writing has been published in journals including The Rumpus, Entropy, Diagram, and Magma.

Rena Priest is a Bellingham-based poet. Her work blends elements of fiction, folklore, history, and scientific ephemera to tell stories and seek truths. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, won a 2018 American Book Award, and her new chapbook, Sublime Subliminal, is available from Floating Bridge Press. Visit Rena’s website at www.renapriest.com.

Michael Schmeltzer is the coauthor of the nonfiction book A Single Throat Opens, a lyric exploration of addiction. His full-length Blood Song was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award for poetry. He is a 2019 Jack Straw Writing Fellow and serves as president of Floating Bridge Press.

Dujie Tahat is a Filipino-Jordanian immigrant living in Washington State. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Sugar House Review, Narrative, The Southeast Review, Bennington Review, Nimrod, and elsewhere. Dujie has earned fellowships from the Hugo House and Jack Straw and cohosts the Poet Salon podcast.