Book Release Party & Signing: The Crossroad: Poems by Pat Williams Owen

About the Author:

Pat Williams Owen is the author of four poetry books, including The Crossroad (Shadelandhouse Modern Press, 2025), Bardo of Becoming (Accents Publishing, 2022), Orion’s Belt at the End of the Drive (Accents Publishing, 2019), and Crossing the Sky Bridge (Larkspur Press, 2016). Her work has appeared in Gulf Stream Magazine, Highland Park Poetry, The Hong Kong Review, The Louisville Review, Raven’s Perch, other print and online literary journals, and several anthologies. She was a finalist in the Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition and an award winner in the Chautauqua Writers’ Center 2020 Literary Arts Contest.

About the Cover:

Cover Art: Speak to me from everywhere (oil and wax on wood, 11" x 11") by Laurie Doctor (lauriedoctor.com)

About the Moderator:

Lennie Hay is the author of Lost in America (Broadstone Books, 2024), her first poetry collection.  She grew up in the Midwest, living between two cultures—Chinese immigrants and Ukrainian German farmers. She now lives half of the year on the banks of the Ohio River in Southern Indiana and half of the year in Indian Shores, Florida. She earned her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Minnesota, her master’s and doctorate in education from the University of Louisville, and an MFA in poetry from Spalding University.  For over 40 years, Lennie worked as a teacher, principal, district leader, and educational consultant. She grew up studying piano and pipe organ and indulges her love of jazz and classical music whenever possible.  Lennie’s work has been published in various regional, national, and international print and online journals such as The Louisville Review, Accents, Shanghai Literary Review, The Heartland Review, and City Lights e-Magazine.  Additionally, her work was included in the 2019 literary anthology Boom and in the 2024 Florida Bards Poetry Anthology.  

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