From pain to poetry
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Poets are students of humanity. It’s the poet’s job to witness the horrifying, gorgeous, nonsensical world and condense it, wrap it in metaphor and deliver …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Poets are students of humanity. It’s the poet’s job to witness the horrifying, gorgeous, nonsensical world and condense it, wrap it in metaphor and deliver …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Estimates place the Sandpoint Monday Writers’ origins sometime in the 1990’s, and at the hands of founding member Karen Seashore. The group has seen several …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Sandpoint publisher Lost Horse Press released five new titles in recent months, and is continuing its mission to provide high-quality writing opportunities for local authors …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Dustin Drennen says he’s about to tell you the “short version” of how he ended up as a musician and writer practicing his craft …
By Suzen Fiskin
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, there lived a Boomer Babe in a perfectly picturesque town.
She was funny, she was kind, and for the very, very …
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