Other Mind Press is very pleased to announce the publication of Noisy Water: Poetry from Whatcom County, Washington, an anthology of recent work by more than a hundred poets from Whatcom County.
Edited by Luther Allen & J.I. Kleinberg
Cover photo: Copyright © Joe Meche, used with permission
Book design: Ellie A. Rogers
Printed by: Threshold Documents, Bellingham, WA
ISBN: 978-0-9854164-1-6
Selected poets will read from Noisy Water:
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 ~ 7:00pm ~ in the Encore Room at the Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, Washington
POET/READERS:
Susanne Paola Antonetta | Bruce Beasley |
Angela Belcaster | Nancy Canyon | Thom Davis |
Susan J. Erickson | Paul Fisher | Steve Hood | Shannon P. Laws |
Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor | Carlos Martinez | Jack McCarthy (read by Carol McCarthy) |
Simon McGuire | Carol McMillan | Kate Miller | Jeffrey Morgan |
John Morgan (read by Jeffrey Morgan) | Keith Moul | Joe Nolting | Christopher Patton | Timothy Pilgrim | Rena Priest | Erica Reed | Boris D. Schleinkofer |
Luci Shaw | Elizabeth Vignali
Thursday, December 10, 2015 ~ 7:00pm ~ at Village Books
POET/READERS: Caleb Barber | Susan Chase-Foster | Victoria Doerper | Kari Galbraith |
Lois Holub | Jacob Hartsoch | Jacob Jans | Malcolm Kenyon | David M. Laws |
Carole MacRury | Andrew Shattuck McBride | Jim Milstead | Marla Morrow |
Edwina Norton | C.J. Prince | Melissa Queen | Jim Schmotzer | Colleen Schwartz |
Harvey Schwartz | Betty Scott & JP Falcon Grady | Caitlin Thomson |
Saul Weisberg | Richard Widerkehr | Jeanne Yeasting
Friday, February 5, 2016 ~ 7:00pm ~ at the Deming Library
POET/READERS: William J. Baroch | Lois Holub | Stephanie Cosky Hopkinson
Carolyn McCarthy | Linda Warfel-Quintana (for Kenneth Warfel)
Kim Roe | Carla Shafer
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 ~ 7:00pm ~ at the South Whatcom Library
POET/READERS: Jennifer Bullis | Dee Dee Chapman | Susan Chase-Foster |
J.I. Kleinberg | Rob Lewis | Dobbie Reese Norris
Saturday, February 20, 2016 ~ 7:30pm ~ at the Lummi Island Library
POET/READERS: Luther Allen | Susanne Paola Antonetta | Bruce Beasley | Thom Davis | Rena Priest | Ellie A. Rogers
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 ~ 7:00pm ~ at the Ferndale Library
POET/READERS: Susan Campbell Cross | Victoria Doerper | Sandra F. Lucke |
Carlos Martinez | Marla Morrow | Keith Moul | Kevin Murphy | Gary Wade
Thursday, March 31, 2016 ~ 7:00pm ~ at the Everson Library
POET/READERS: Nancy Canyon | Steve Hood | Malcolm Kenyon | Maria McLeod | Nancy Pagh | Kim Roe | Jim Schmotzer | Richard Widerkehr
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 ~ 7:00pm ~ at The Jansen Art Center, Lynden ~ a National Poetry Month reading
POET/READERS: Nancy Canyon | Susan Chase-Foster | Susan J. Erickson |
Jo Ann Heydron | Christine Kendall | Sandra F. Lucke | Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor |
Carlos Martinez | Kate Miller | Jim Schmotzer | Gary Wade | Richard Widerkehr |
Jeanne Yeasting
Thursday, April 14, 2016 ~ 7:00pm ~ at Village Books ~ a National Poetry Month reading
POET/READERS: William J. Baroch | James Bertolino | Anita K. Boyle |
Dee Dee Chapman | Elizabeth J. Colen | David Drummond | Mary Gillilan |
Evan Ingalls | J.I. Kleinberg | Rob Lewis | Sandra F. Lucke | Maria McLeod |
Rachel Mehl | Kevin Murphy | Sheila Nickerson | Paul Piper | Ellie A. Rogers |
Paul Sarvasy | Carla Shafer | Scott Stodola | Stan Tag | Gary Wade |
Linda Warfel-Quintana (for Kenneth Warfel)
Sunday, April 24, 2016 ~ 6:30pm ~ Noisy Water Art and Poetry Special Exhibit and Reading in celebration of National Poetry Month ~ at the Firehouse Café, Firehouse Performing Arts Center
Poets exhibit artworks inspired by or related to their Noisy Water poem. The exhibit will be on view April 1 – 30, 2016, during café hours, 7:00am – 4:00pm daily. Special thanks to Jeni Cottrell, Harold Niven and FAIM.
ARTISTS/POETS: Anita K. Boyle | Nancy Canyon | Susan Chase-Foster |
David Drummond | Susan J. Erickson | Stephanie Cosky Hopkinson | Sandra F. Lucke |
Carol McMillan | Rachel Mehl | Stephen Peters | Erica Reed | Colleen Schwartz |
Harvey Schwartz | Sheila Sondik | Caitlin Thomson | Richard Widerkehr |
Readings are free and open to the public; copies of Noisy Water will be available for sale.
Participating Poets
| Luther Allen | Stephanie Cosky Hopkinson | Nancy Pagh |
| Susanne Paola Antonetta | Evan Ingalls | Anselm Parlatore |
| Caleb Barber | Jacob Jans | Christopher Patton |
| William J. Baroch | Christine M. Kendall | Stephen A. Peters |
| Bruce Beasley | Malcolm H. Kenyon | Timothy Pilgrim |
| Angela Belcaster | J.I. Kleinberg | Paul S. Piper |
| James Bertolino | David M. Laws | Rena Priest |
| Anita K. Boyle | Shannon P. Laws | C.J. Prince |
| Matthew Brouwer | Rob Lewis | Melissa Queen |
| Jennifer Bullis | Jessica Lohafer | Dorothy Regal |
| Nancy Canyon | Sandra F. Lucke | Erica Reed |
| Dee Dee Chapman | Chuck Luckmann | Kim Roe |
| Susan Chase-Foster | Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor | Ellie A. Rogers |
| Elizabeth J. Colen | Carole MacRury | Paul Sarvasy |
| Mary Cornish | Carlos Martinez | Boris D. Schleinkofer |
| Susan Campbell Cross | Andrew Shattuck McBride | Jim Schmotzer |
| C-M Spike Daeley | Carolyn McCarthy | Colleen Schwartz |
| Thom Davis | Jack McCarthy | Harvey Schwartz |
| Victoria Doerper | Simon McGuire | Betty Scott |
| David P. Drummond | Maria McLeod | Carla Shafer |
| Denise duMaurier | Carol McMillan | Luci Shaw |
| Ryler Dustin | Rachel Mehl | Sheila Sondik |
| Susan J. Erickson | Kate Miller | Scott Stodola |
| Seren Fargo | Jim Milstead | Stan Tag |
| Paul Fisher | Donald Mitchell | Caitlin Thomson |
| Kari Galbraith | Jeffrey Morgan | Elizabeth Vignali |
| Mary Elizabeth Gillilan | John Morgan | Jeremy Voigt |
| Carol Guess | Marla Morrow | Gary Wade |
| Richard Lee (Dick) Harris | Keith Moul | Kenneth E. Warfel |
| Jacob Hartsoch | Kevin Murphy | Saul Weisberg |
| Rick Hermann | Sheila Nickerson | Richard Widerkehr |
| Jo Ann Heydron | Dobbie Reese Norris | Cindi Williamson |
| Lois Holub | Joe Nolting | Jeanne Yeasting |
| Steve Hood | Edwina Norton |
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