Episode 127: "Of A Certain Age" Reading with Tricia Gates Brown

Tricia Gates Brown joins me at the mic to read from her freshly published collection Of A Certain Age. These poems hold a sustained gaze on both the joy and pain in the decades of a life.  The poems begin at 12:26, for re-listening purposes  https://triciagatesbrown.net About the Author: Tricia Gates Brown is a writer/editor in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She holds a PhD in theology from University of St. Andrews in Scotland and publishes poetry, fiction, and essays. Her debut poetry collection, Of a Certain Age, will be released July 14 by Fernwood Press, and her second, Blessings, Curses, is forthcoming from the same. Her debut novel Wren won a 2022 Independent Publishers Award Bronze Medal. Her second novel, Finding Something to Love, will be published in 2027 by Vine Leaves Press. Aside from writing, she creates art from the home she shares with her spouse and a bevy of beloved cats.  About Fernwood Press: Fernwood Press promotes poetry collections that speak to the human capacity for spiritual experience. A not-for-profit literary imprint, Fernwood Press is named for a one-acre plot of land overlooking a meandering creek, the site of Oregon’s first Quaker meeting.