This Light Called Darkness A Raven Chronicles Anthology, Selected Work 1997-2005
This Light Called Darkness A Raven Chronicles Anthology, Selected Work 1997-2005
Book Details:
ISBN: 978-1-7354780-4-3
Publisher: Raven Chronicles Press
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 3/08/2023
Page Count: 422
Category: Anthology, Northwest Artist, Poetry and Fiction anthologies
Language: English
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Edited by Kathleen Alcalá, Phoebe Bosché, Paul Hunter, and Anna Odessa Linzer, this anthology includes illustrations/artwork by 34 (mostly) Northwest artists; and poems, essays, fiction, interviews, and storytelling from 85 writers, including writers who are no longer with us: Waverly Fitzgerald, Murray Gordon, Robert Gregory, Marion Kimes, Jeanne Ruth Lohmann, Jo Nelson, David W. Paul, Nancy Redwine, Judith Roche, Joan Swift, and David Lloyd Whited.
“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