Virtual It's About Time Writers' Reading Series, Meeting 397

The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library Events

This month’s online presentation welcomes Katy E. Ellis, Tamara Sellman, and Sandra Yannone.Katy E. Ellis grew up under fir trees and high-voltage power lines in Renton, Washington. Her debut mixed-genre collection "Home Water, Home Land" from Tolsun Press was recently published in September 2022. She is the author of three chapbooks: "Night Watch"—winner of the 2017 Floating Bridge Press chapbook competition—"Urban Animal Expeditions" and "Gravity", a single poem which was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work appears in many literary journals in the US and Canada. For more information visit www.KatyEEllis.comTamara Sellman lives in the Pacific Northwest. Her first book, "Intention Tremor" (MoonPath Press, 2021) collects poetry and prose forms documenting life following her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2013. Her collection of speculative fiction, "Trust Fall", will be released in print and e-book editions by MCR Press in late 2022. She is currently at work on two book manuscripts: a magical realist novel, "Eminent Domain", and a post-apocalyptic novel, "The Flare", both of which blend elements of the Pacific Northwest landscape with her background in healthcare and her experience as a person living with multiple sclerosis. Her work has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and has earned other awards. She works as a sleep educator, healthcare writer, and MS advocate/columnist. In her spare time, she's an avid kitchen gardener.Sandra Yannone's debut collection "Boats for Women" was published by Salmon Poetry in 2019. Her second collection, "The Glass Studio", is forthcoming from Salmon Poetry. She currently hosts Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Sundays on Facebook via Zoom, and monthly for The Collectibles Lesbian Trading Card Reading Series with Headmistress Press. She earned her B.A. in writing and literature from Wheaton College (MA); an M.F.A. from Emerson College; and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Currently, she is a Member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.