September 15, 2016

Amy MacLennan’s work has been published in Cimarron Review, Cloudbank, Connotation Press, Folio, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Linebreak, Naugatuck River Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Pearl Magazine, Pirene’s Fountain, Poet’s Market, Rattle, River Styx, South Dakota Review, Spillway, The Oregonian, The Pedestal Magazine, Windfall, and Wisconsin Review. Amy is editor of Cascadia Review, managing editor of The Cortland Review, and a poetry editor for Bone Bouquet. She has published two chapbooks: Weathering (Uttered Chaos Press, 2012), and The Fragile Day (Spire Press, 2011). Garrison Keillor recently featured her work on “The Writer’s Almanac.” Her most recent book is The Body, A Tree (MoonPath, 2016).

Ronda Broatch, a poet and photographer, is the author of Lake of Fallen Constellations (MoonPath, 2015), Shedding Our Skins (Finishing Line, 2008), and Some Other Eden (2005). A seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Ronda has received an Artist Trust GAP grant, and was a May Swenson Poetry Award finalist four years running. Her journal publications include Prairie Schooner, Fourteen Hills, Mid-American Review, and Fire On Her Tongue: An Anthology of Contemporary Women’s Poetry (Two Sylvias Press). Ronda is a recent coeditor of Crab Creek Review, and currently teaches fitness classes at Poulsbo Athletic Club.

[Ronda was not able to attend.]

Special guest talk by MoonPath book cover artist:

Beverly Ash Gilbert is a multimedia artist, author, teacher, and consultant whose work with color engages with artists and art enthusiasts of all levels. She has written a number of books, and her artwork has been featured on clothing, book covers and other publications (including Amy MacLennan’s poetry collection The Body, A Tree), and for advertising, signage, websites, and blogs. Beverly teaches at the Kirkland Arts Center and is an artist in residence for the Lake Washington School District. Students from around the world attend her creative retreats on Whidbey Island. You can find her online at www.beverlyashgilbert.com.