Joyce Wilkens lives on the Palouse in Spokane, Washington. Her passion for nature, beauty in expression, faith and connecting with people through their stories prompted her work as author/poet/artist/photographer. Joyce worked as an art/history docent and actor for the Spokane Museum of Arts and Culture. She is a member of the River Ridge Association of Fine Arts and Poetry Scribes of Spokane ..read more

Chris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021. His first collection of poetry, The View from the Broken Mic , was published in 2012 (Gray Dog Press). Additional work has been published by Sage Hill Press, Scablands Books, and The Spokesman-Review. His children’s poetry has been published by Little, Brown Books, Meadowbrook Press, and Scholastic Press. His collection, Damn Good Cookie , was released in 2016 by Korrektiv Press. He is a long-standing member of the Spokane Symphony trumpet section and one of the founders of the Spokane Falls Brass Band. He has also been the Washington State ..read more

Chris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021. His first collection of poetry, The View from the Broken Mic , was published in 2012 (Gray Dog Press). Additional work has been published by Sage Hill Press, Scablands Books, and The Spokesman-Review. His children’s poetry has been published by Little, Brown Books, Meadowbrook Press, and Scholastic Press. His collection, Damn Good Cookie , was released in 2016 by Korrektiv Press. He is a long-standing member of the Spokane Symphony trumpet section and one of the founders of the Spokane Falls Brass Band. He has also been the Washington State ..read more

Chris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021. His first collection of poetry, The View from the Broken Mic , was published in 2012 (Gray Dog Press). Additional work has been published by Sage Hill Press, Scablands Books, and The Spokesman-Review. His children’s poetry has been published by Little, Brown Books, Meadowbrook Press, and Scholastic Press. His collection, Damn Good Cookie , was released in 2016 by Korrektiv Press. He is a long-standing member of the Spokane Symphony trumpet section and one of the founders of the Spokane Falls Brass Band. He has also been the Washington State ..read more

Chris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021. His first collection of poetry, The View from the Broken Mic , was published in 2012 (Gray Dog Press). Additional work has been published by Sage Hill Press, Scablands Books, and The Spokesman-Review. His children’s poetry has been published by Little, Brown Books, Meadowbrook Press, and Scholastic Press. His collection, Damn Good Cookie , was released in 2016 by Korrektiv Press. He is a long-standing member of the Spokane Symphony trumpet section and one of the founders of the Spokane Falls Brass Band. He has also been the Washington State ..read more

Chris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021. His first collection of poetry, The View from the Broken Mic , was published in 2012 (Gray Dog Press). Additional work has been published by Sage Hill Press, Scablands Books, and The Spokesman-Review. His children’s poetry has been published by Little, Brown Books, Meadowbrook Press, and Scholastic Press. His collection, Damn Good Cookie , was released in 2016 by Korrektiv Press. He is a long-standing member of the Spokane Symphony trumpet section and one of the founders of the Spokane Falls Brass Band. He has also been the Washington State ..read more

This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program. James J. McAuley passed away on October 26, 2021. This followed a long battle with his illness. He was a passionate, fiery, prolific, and highly formal poet who hailed from Ireland, and he worked many years at EWU founding and teaching in the Creative Writing Program, passing his matchless passion to that effort. Ultimately, he started up ..read more

This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program. James J. McAuley passed away on October 26, 2021. This followed a long battle with his illness. He was a passionate, fiery, prolific, and highly formal poet who hailed from Ireland, and he worked many years at EWU founding and teaching in the Creative Writing Program, passing his matchless passion to that effort. Ultimately, he started up ..read more

This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program. James J. McAuley passed away on October 26, 2021. This followed a long battle with his illness. He was a passionate, fiery, prolific, and highly formal poet who hailed from Ireland, and he worked many years at EWU founding and teaching in the Creative Writing Program, passing his matchless passion to that effort. Ultimately, he started up ..read more

This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program. James J. McAuley passed away on October 26, 2021. This followed a long battle with his illness. He was a passionate, fiery, prolific, and highly formal poet who hailed from Ireland, and he worked many years at EWU founding and teaching in the Creative Writing Program, passing his matchless passion to that effort. Ultimately, he started up ..read more