Reception & READING, APRIL 24TH, Monday, 7 pm, elliott bay book company, 1521 10th Ave, Seattle
This Light Called Darkness, A Raven Chronicles Anthology, Selected Work 1997-2005
Publisher Raven Chronicles Press
ISBN: 978-1-7354780-4-3
Trade paper, 6x9, Glossy Cover, 422 pages
Price: $25.99, independent bookstores;
$20 on Raven website.
On April 24, 7-8:30 pm, at Elliott Bay Bookstore Raven will be launching our 2nd anthology of work, selected from the work we published from 1991 to 2018: This Light Called Darkness, A Raven Chronicles Anthology, Selected Work 1997-2005. The anthology contains the work of 85 writers and 34 artists. Readers include Anna Odessa Linzer, Kathleen Alcalá, Paul Hunter, Koon Woon, Carletta Carrington Wilson, Anna Bálint, Raúl Sánchez, Annie Pearson, Carolyne Wright, Natalie Pascale Boisseau, and Martha McAvoy Linehan.
“From its enigmatic title to the moving dedication to writers passed, this fine collection affirms the diverse voices and the trickster magic that’s been at the heart of Raven Chronicles since its founding in 1991. Since it showcases work between 1997-2005, This Light Called Darkness also offers a valuable glimpse into history unfolding, reminding us it’s the artists and writers who’ve long carried the torch through darkness—and who continue to do so. Brava to these writers for their prescience and persistence, and brava to the founding editors for providing this forum so integral to our literary community for three decades now. And brava, too, to Raven, for inspiring it all.”
—Holly J. Hughes, author of Passings, winner of an American Book Award, and co-publisher of Empty Bowl Press, Washington
“This Light Called Darkness is a gorgeous gathering of poetry, story, essay, and art. It is a gripping read, page after page, a great tribute to the cultural force of Raven Chronicles in our Pacific Northwest. This Light Called Darkness belongs in every library and in every home.”
—Priscilla Long, author of Fire and Stone: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
“What impressed me about the poems, interviews, short stories, essays, and nonfiction narratives presented here was the quality of mystery, that brilliant shadow or light gleaming out of darkness that pervaded so much of the writing. . . . And as we read This Light Called Darkness, we find ourselves compelled to call upon the light of our own spirit to appreciate and resonate with the multiplicity of voices speaking here, showing us the way.”
—Carolyne Wright, from the Foreword, author of Masquerade
Kathleen Alcalá is the co-editor of Weeping Women: La Llorona’s Presence in Modern Latinx and Chicanx Lore, and a member of the Ópata Nation. Phoebe Bosché is a cultural activist, and has been managing editor of The Raven Chronicles literary organization/Raven Chronicles Press since 1991. Paul Hunter’s autobiography in prose poetry, Clownery, appeared in 2017, and two western novels, Sit a Tall Horse and Mr. Brick & the Boys, were published in 2020 and 2022. Anna Odessa Linzer’s novel, Ghost Dancing, published by Picador USA of St. Martin’s Press, received an American Book Award in 1999.