Writing In Place: Prose & Poetry from the Pacific Northwest - Softcover

Jones, Kizzie Elizabeth; Eulenberg, Julia Niehbuhr; Roxas, Reni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947543032 ISBN 13: 9781947543034

Publisher: Kizzie Elizabeth Jones, 2019

Synopsis

How does one become a writer? One writes! One joins a writing/critique group! Since 2002, seven women have met monthly to share their writings. After the unexpected death of two members, they decided it was time to gather their best work into a legacy anthology. Celebrate with The Edmonds Writing Sisters their 17 years of dedication to writing and to each other. Enjoy their compilation of prose and poetry:

• with memories of Puget Sound saltwater summers with grandparents to poetic summer moments by a creek;
• with an entertaining take on the eternal struggle against the pernicious dandelion to a memory of office temping and the challenges of being anonymous;
• with a reminder of how to make new mistakes in the sampler of life to musings on a messy office;
• with joining the activist Women of the Wall in Jerusalem to travels in Taiwan and the discovery of Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Compassion;
• with a child's love and loss of her first dachshund to the integration of pet therapy in long-term care for elders.

Laugh, cry, read; be encouraged to write and reveal your own life paths!

About this title

About the Author:

Kizzie Jones divides her writing time among children's picture books, her memoir, her blog, and essays drawn from her life as board certified chaplain. Her essays give readers glimpses of the unexpected, of a more colorful, more inclusive world. Kizzie is also a member of two writing groups in her hometown, Edmonds, WA. Beyond writing, Kizzie works with literacy advocacy groups in Mexico and connects with many dachshund lovers and dachshund groups around the world, to support their efforts. On the home front, Kizzie and her ultimate hero Thom take good care of their three adorable dachshunds, Buster, Josie, and Nikki.

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg (1942-2015) was raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended Trinity University in Dallas for a year, then moved to Seattle, Washington where she completed a B.A. in political science at the University of Washington. After an intermission in San Francisco, she moved back to Seattle to complete her M.A. and PhD in history, also at the University of Washington. She was fascinated by the history of her Seattle area ancestors, pioneers to the Pacific Northwest on the Oregon Trail. Consequently, she became a writer and lecturer in History and then a Visiting Scholar in the Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Studies Program, both at the University of Washington. An avid reader from an early age, Julia read, wrote and published historical fiction and nonfiction, poetry, essays, and mysteries. In retirement, she became an alumna the Hedgebrook Women's Writing Retreat on Whidbey Island and frequently disciplined herself to attend writing workshops and conferences throughout the United States and Canada. Her poem, And Then There were Ten, was published in DRASH: Northwest Mosaic, Vol. IV. As a longtime friend of Kizzie Jones, she became the Seattle member of the Writing Sisters. She was known for her gentle, skillful critiquing and her humor.

Reni Roxas was born and raised in the Philippines. She holds a BA degree in mass communications from the University of the Philippines and an MA degree in telecommunications from Syracuse University. Reni began her career in New York City, where she worked for CBS News before coming to her senses and shifting to publishing. She spent the next eight years happily working for several publishing houses, including Dial Books for Young Readers (now an imprint of Penguin Random House) and Franklin Watts (now an imprint of Scholastic). In 1991, she co-founded Tahanan Books in Manila, Philippines. Over the next 25 years, Tahanan produced over a hundred titles that celebrate Philippine culture and history.A former resident of Edmonds, Washington, Reni has relocated to Everett, where she lives with her two sons, both twentysomethings. She is still waiting for them to treat her to dinner at a first-class restaurant!

Review:

"Writing in Place is a testament to the power of community and the range and dynamism of women's voices in the Pacific Northwest." --Jennifer Haigh, The New York Times bestselling author of Heat and Light

Writing in Place: Prose & Poetry from the Pacific Northwest is a lovely testimony to what's possible when kindred spirits meet, bond, and commit to writing together. For seventeen years, these seven women have shared their words and lives so honestly and generously that place becomes not just physical but an emotional landscape they courageously explore together. Their poems and essays range across time, place and cultures: we revisit second grade, smell sagebrush in Eastern Washington, learn about Kuan Yin, participate in a ground-breaking Bat Mitzvah, experience the pain of a lost son. That's just a taste. Put on a pot of tea, open this book, and read more. But be forewarned: you'll want your own writing group before you're done. --Holly J. Hughes Author of Passings, winner of the American Book Award, 2017

"Writing of place is usually driven by geographical markers and iconic species--'blue heron wading in eel grass, ' 'pails of saltwater, ' 'Padilla Bay.' This anthology of works by The Writing Sisters of Edmonds, WA, certainly fulfills that readerly expectation, but the poems, stories, and essays are invigorated by something more than geological particulars, street names, and familiar haunts. I'd probably call it voice or heart. After reading these pieces, I felt like I'd just been in the company of a wonderful diversity of spirit--people of different spirituality and socio-economics, from wide-ranging family histories--a polyphonic collection of women's journeys told in well-crafted language. Such encounters in writing are important, and so I'm glad for this book and the variety of stories it holds." --Tod Marshall, Washington State Poet Laureate 2016-18

About this edition

• Publisher: Kizzie Elizabeth Jones
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1947543032
• ISBN 13: 9781947543034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160