Dayna Patterson
@titaniayellow.bsky.social
Writer, editor, stitchwitch. Author of O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN (Signature Books, 2023) and IF MOTHER BRAIDS A WATERFALL (Signature, 2020). daynapatterson.com
With all the hard and heavy and heart-breaking news, I’m taking a sliver of a moment to celebrate. My third full-length collection, Our Lady of Thread, will be coming to a bookstore near you in 2027.
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
With all the hard and heavy and heart-breaking news, I’m taking a sliver of a moment to celebrate. My third full-length collection, Our Lady of Thread, will be coming to a bookstore near you in 2027.
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Jory Mickelson's ALL THIS DIVIDE (Spuyten Dyvil, 2024).
Cover art: "Shadows" by Stella Nall
Mushroom photo & species ID: Meg Madden
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Cover art: "Shadows" by Stella Nall
Mushroom photo & species ID: Meg Madden
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#stellanall #jorymickelson #megmadden
March 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Jory Mickelson's ALL THIS DIVIDE (Spuyten Dyvil, 2024).
Cover art: "Shadows" by Stella Nall
Mushroom photo & species ID: Meg Madden
Link to preorder in thread!
#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
#stellanall #jorymickelson #megmadden
Cover art: "Shadows" by Stella Nall
Mushroom photo & species ID: Meg Madden
Link to preorder in thread!
#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
#stellanall #jorymickelson #megmadden
This week's Poetry + Fungus features Jack B. Bedell's GHOST FOREST (Mercer University Press, 2024).
Cover photo: Frank Relle
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Cover photo: Frank Relle
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March 15, 2024 at 2:02 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus features Jack B. Bedell's GHOST FOREST (Mercer University Press, 2024).
Cover photo: Frank Relle
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom #jackbedell #merceruniversitypress #mupress #frankrelle
Cover photo: Frank Relle
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom #jackbedell #merceruniversitypress #mupress #frankrelle
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Sylvia Plath's THE COLLECTED POEMS (Harper Perennial, 2018; originally pubbed 1960).
Cover design: Milan Bozic
Fungus photo and ID: Barbora Batokova
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Cover design: Milan Bozic
Fungus photo and ID: Barbora Batokova
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March 8, 2024 at 3:54 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Sylvia Plath's THE COLLECTED POEMS (Harper Perennial, 2018; originally pubbed 1960).
Cover design: Milan Bozic
Fungus photo and ID: Barbora Batokova
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
Cover design: Milan Bozic
Fungus photo and ID: Barbora Batokova
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Maureen Clark's THIS INSATIABLE AUGUST (Signature Books, 2024).
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Cover design: Jason Francis
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Cover design: Jason Francis
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March 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Maureen Clark's THIS INSATIABLE AUGUST (Signature Books, 2024).
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Cover design: Jason Francis
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#signaturebooks #maureenclark #megmadden #poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
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Cover design: Jason Francis
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#signaturebooks #maureenclark #megmadden #poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Subhaga Crystal Bacon's TRANSITORY (Boa Editions, 2023).
Cover art: Flying Nests by Sugandhi Katherine Barnes
Cover design: Sandy Knight
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@subhaga.bsky.social #boaeditions
#poetryplusfungus #transrightsarehumanrights
Cover art: Flying Nests by Sugandhi Katherine Barnes
Cover design: Sandy Knight
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@subhaga.bsky.social #boaeditions
#poetryplusfungus #transrightsarehumanrights
February 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Subhaga Crystal Bacon's TRANSITORY (Boa Editions, 2023).
Cover art: Flying Nests by Sugandhi Katherine Barnes
Cover design: Sandy Knight
Order at link in thread 🏳️⚧️
@subhaga.bsky.social #boaeditions
#poetryplusfungus #transrightsarehumanrights
Cover art: Flying Nests by Sugandhi Katherine Barnes
Cover design: Sandy Knight
Order at link in thread 🏳️⚧️
@subhaga.bsky.social #boaeditions
#poetryplusfungus #transrightsarehumanrights
Friends, I'd love to see you at this Strong Waters + SpeakEasy event on Sunday. I'll be sharing a poem, along with Bruce Beasley, Susan Alexander, Jennifer Bullis, & Luther Allen. I hope you can come! Yay, poetry!
@jenniferbullis.bsky.social #brucebeasley #lutherallen #susanalexander
@jenniferbullis.bsky.social #brucebeasley #lutherallen #susanalexander
February 21, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Friends, I'd love to see you at this Strong Waters + SpeakEasy event on Sunday. I'll be sharing a poem, along with Bruce Beasley, Susan Alexander, Jennifer Bullis, & Luther Allen. I hope you can come! Yay, poetry!
@jenniferbullis.bsky.social #brucebeasley #lutherallen #susanalexander
@jenniferbullis.bsky.social #brucebeasley #lutherallen #susanalexander
This week's Poetry + Fungus features Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES (Alice James Books, 2024).
Cover art: Dan Hillier
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@alicejamesbooks #sarahghazalali
Cover art: Dan Hillier
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@alicejamesbooks #sarahghazalali
February 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus features Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES (Alice James Books, 2024).
Cover art: Dan Hillier
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
@alicejamesbooks #sarahghazalali
Cover art: Dan Hillier
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It's the 1-year book birthday for O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN! My gratitude to Signature Books & all the lit journals that published these poems, the folks who wrote book reviews & hosted me for readings, the people who reached out with encouragement & congratulations. Thank you.
February 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
It's the 1-year book birthday for O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN! My gratitude to Signature Books & all the lit journals that published these poems, the folks who wrote book reviews & hosted me for readings, the people who reached out with encouragement & congratulations. Thank you.
It's the 1-year book birthday for O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN! My gratitude to Signature Books & all the lit journals that published these poems, the folks who wrote book reviews & hosted me for readings, the people who reached out with encouragement & congratulations. Thank you.
February 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
It's the 1-year book birthday for O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN! My gratitude to Signature Books & all the lit journals that published these poems, the folks who wrote book reviews & hosted me for readings, the people who reached out with encouragement & congratulations. Thank you.
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Christian Gullette's COACHELLA ELEGY (Trio House Press, July 2024).
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom @christiangullette.bsky.social @triohousepress.bsky.social
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February 9, 2024 at 3:17 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Christian Gullette's COACHELLA ELEGY (Trio House Press, July 2024).
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#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom @christiangullette.bsky.social @triohousepress.bsky.social
Preorder at link in thread!
#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom @christiangullette.bsky.social @triohousepress.bsky.social
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is
@saramoorewagner.bsky.social 's LADY WING SHOT (Lynx House Press, 2024).
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@saramoorewagner.bsky.social 's LADY WING SHOT (Lynx House Press, 2024).
Link to preorder in thread 🍄
#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom #lynxhousepress
January 26, 2024 at 3:40 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is
@saramoorewagner.bsky.social 's LADY WING SHOT (Lynx House Press, 2024).
Link to preorder in thread 🍄
#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom #lynxhousepress
@saramoorewagner.bsky.social 's LADY WING SHOT (Lynx House Press, 2024).
Link to preorder in thread 🍄
#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom #lynxhousepress
This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is HAPPY EVERYTHING by Caitlin Cowan (Cornerstone Press, 2024).
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January 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is HAPPY EVERYTHING by Caitlin Cowan (Cornerstone Press, 2024).
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#caitlincowan #cornerstonepress #interrupshroom #poetryplusfungus
Link to preorder in thread 🍄
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This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is BEST SPIRITUAL LITERATURE, Vol. 8, 2023, edited by Luke Hankins, Nathan Poole, and Karen Tucker (Orison Books, 2023).
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January 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is BEST SPIRITUAL LITERATURE, Vol. 8, 2023, edited by Luke Hankins, Nathan Poole, and Karen Tucker (Orison Books, 2023).
Link to order in thread 💛💚🩵💙
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In April, I talked with @titaniayellow.bsky.social about her poetry collection O Lady, Speak Again: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...
Episode 140: Dayna Patterson — Keep the Channel Open
Dayna Patterson is a poet, photographer, and textile artist based in the
Pacific Northwest. The poems in her latest collection, O Lady, Speak Again
, use the voices of the women characters from Shake...
www.keepthechannelopen.com
December 19, 2023 at 5:56 PM
In April, I talked with @titaniayellow.bsky.social about her poetry collection O Lady, Speak Again: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...
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"As I read and re-read this book, Oliver’s poems continually surprise— reminding me how many ways a poem can be made, how many things a poem can do."
@millietullis.bsky.social reviews Carolyn Oliver's "Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble"
@millietullis.bsky.social reviews Carolyn Oliver's "Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble"
Book Review: “Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble” by Carolyn Oliver
by Millie Tullis
psalteryandlyre.org
December 15, 2023 at 12:34 PM
"As I read and re-read this book, Oliver’s poems continually surprise— reminding me how many ways a poem can be made, how many things a poem can do."
@millietullis.bsky.social reviews Carolyn Oliver's "Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble"
@millietullis.bsky.social reviews Carolyn Oliver's "Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble"
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is CASCADIA FIELD GUIDE: ART, ECOLOGY, POETRY edited by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield (Mountaineers Books, 2023)
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Link to order in thread!
December 15, 2023 at 3:30 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is CASCADIA FIELD GUIDE: ART, ECOLOGY, POETRY edited by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield (Mountaineers Books, 2023)
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Link to order in thread!
I'm tearing up in my office as I read this exquisite review of O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN. Thank you, Zone 3!
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How to Rewrite History: The Mouthmagic of Dayna Patterson's O Lady, Speak Again - Zone 3
In her collection of poems, O Lady, Speak Again, Patterson gives new voice to Shakespeare’s canon of female characters, while positioning them against the backdrop of the speaker’s own stifling up...
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December 8, 2023 at 5:52 PM
I'm tearing up in my office as I read this exquisite review of O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN. Thank you, Zone 3!
zone3press.com/book-reviews...
zone3press.com/book-reviews...
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Rainah Miqueli’s PURGE (Floating Bridge Press, 2023).
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Link to order in thread!
December 8, 2023 at 3:28 PM
This week's Poetry + Fungus feature is Rainah Miqueli’s PURGE (Floating Bridge Press, 2023).
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Link to order in thread!
This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is Jeremy Voigt’s THE INVISIBLE HEART OF EVERYTHING (Floating Bridge Press, 2023).
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December 1, 2023 at 3:35 PM
This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is Jeremy Voigt’s THE INVISIBLE HEART OF EVERYTHING (Floating Bridge Press, 2023).
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This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is Linda Cooper’s BLUE, A WALTZ (Floating Bridge Press, 2023).
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Link to order in thread!
October 27, 2023 at 2:15 PM
This week’s Poetry + Fungus feature is Linda Cooper’s BLUE, A WALTZ (Floating Bridge Press, 2023).
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Link to order in thread!
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If you missed it...Hecate and Gertrude and Ophelia and JUSTICE FOR LAVINIA! Watch it here:
youtu.be/vNue7qG6-Mo
youtu.be/vNue7qG6-Mo
October Hundred Pitchers of Honey w/Dayna Patterson, Elizabeth Sylvia, and VC McCabe
Monthly poetry reading series on Zoom
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October 20, 2023 at 12:50 AM
If you missed it...Hecate and Gertrude and Ophelia and JUSTICE FOR LAVINIA! Watch it here:
youtu.be/vNue7qG6-Mo
youtu.be/vNue7qG6-Mo
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Great to see O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN by @titaniayellow.bsky.social getting local attention in Cascadia Daily:
October 12, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Great to see O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN by @titaniayellow.bsky.social getting local attention in Cascadia Daily:
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Very honored to have a poem in this lovely issue!
October 1, 2023 at 6:41 AM
Very honored to have a poem in this lovely issue!