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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you to all the mentors, editors, & friends who’ve helped me refine these poems, especially Bruce Beasley, Elizabeth Vignali, Brenda Miller, Jory Mickelson, Jennifer Bullis, Kami Westhoff, Kelly Magee, Dee Dee Chapman, Frances Badgett, Amber Asbjornsen, Amy Anderson Guerra, & Cindy Hollenbeck.

Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our Lady of Thread is a hybrid collection that pushes the boundaries of what a poetry collection can be; it includes embroidered collages, stitched poems, and a QR code that links readers to a videopoem.

Thank you, Signature Books, for the continued faith in my work.

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Jul 24

In this collection, I weave together three main threads: 1) poems in the voice of God the Mother; 2) prayer poems in the Catholic “Our Lady” tradition; and 3) poems about mothering my own two kids in the Anthropocene.

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Jul 24

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.

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 22

For more about this Poetry + Fungus pairing: www.instagram.com/p/C40bXyArXf...

Poetry + Fungus on Instagram:

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 22

Here's the link to preorder: www.spuytenduyvil.net/allthisdivid...

All This Divide

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 22

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

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 15

For more info about this Poetry + Fungus pairing: www.instagram.com/p/C4iWca6L53...

Poetry + Fungus on Instagram: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: GHOST FOREST by Jack B. Bedell (Mercer University Press, 2024) Cover design: Bu...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 15

Grab your copy of GHOST FOREST here: www.mupress.org/Ghost-Forest...

Mercer University Press: Ghost Forest: Poems

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

A poetry book cover featuring a lake at dawn with dead trees growing out of it adjacent a picture of a white coral mushroom among yellow and brown leaves.

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 8

For more about this Poetry + Fungus pairing: www.instagram.com/p/C4Qjyh0LGt...

Poetry + Fungus on Instagram: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: THE COLLECTED POEMS by Sylvia Plath (Harper Perennial, 2018; originally publish...

3 likes, 0 comments - poetry_plus_fungus on March 8, 2024: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: THE COL..."

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 8

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

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 1

For more about this Poetry + Fungus pairing: www.instagram.com/p/C3-fLaOrpN...

Poetry + Fungus on Instagram: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: THIS INSATIABLE AUGUST by Maureen Clark (Signature Books, 2024) Cover design:...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 1

To order your copy of THIS INSATIABLE AUGUST: www.signaturebooks.com/books/p/this...

This Insatiable August — Signature Books

August is an insatiable month. Whether it is a dry spell, drought, or simply parched with want, or filled with thunderstorm, deluge, destruction of property or ideals, it is the place of scarcity or...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Mar 1

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

Cover of a poetry book with a woman in a white and burgundy dress under water next to a picture of purple and white mushroom gills.

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 23

For more about this Poetry + Fungus pairing: www.instagram.com/p/C3sfpk4rG4...

Poetry + Fungus on Instagram: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: TRANSITORY by Subhaga Crystal Bacon (Boa Editions, 2023) Cover art: Flying Ne...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 23

Order your copy here! www.boaeditions.org/collections/...

Transitory

Grounded in protest and solidarity, Subhaga Crystal Bacon’s Isabella Gardner Award-winning Transitory is a collection of elegies memorializing 46 transgender and gender-nonconforming people murdered i...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 23

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

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 21

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

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 16

For more about this Poetry + Fungus pairing: www.instagram.com/p/C3adnaGLAK...

Poetry + Fungus on Instagram: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: THEOPHANIES by Sarah Ghazal Ali (Alice James Books, 2024) Cover art: Dan Hill...

21 likes, 3 comments - poetry_plus_fungus on February 16, 2024: "Poetry + Fungus. A pairing of poetry books and species from the fungal world. . . . Book: THEOP..."

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 16

Order your copy here: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/th...

Theophanies by Sarah Ghazal Ali — Alice James Books

Sarah Ghazal Ali The 2022 Alice James Award Editor’s Choice “In this expansive debut collection, Ali draws from the Quran and the Bible as vehicles for a deeper consideration of the intersections o...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 16

This week's Poetry + Fungus features Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES (Alice James Books, 2024).
Cover art: Dan Hillier

Order at link in thread!

#poetryplusfungus #interrupshroom
@alicejamesbooks #sarahghazalali

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 13

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.

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 13

To celebrate O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN's 1-year book birthday, I'm releasing limited edition broadsides, signed & embroidered, of 2 poems from the book: "O is the Sound of Tragedy" & "Juliet Ode," originally published in AGNI
& @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

Available here: daynapatterson.com/art/

Textile Art

(All prices include shipping | Prices below | U.S. addresses only) Embroidered Broadside: "O is the Sound of Tragedy""O is the Sound of Tragedy" broadside, signed and embroidered in various colors. 7 ...

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Dayna Patterson @titaniayellow.bsky.social · Feb 13

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.

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