{"product_id":"taking-leave","title":"Taking Leave","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn and raised in Spokane, Washington, \u003cstrong\u003eMary Ellen Talley\u003c\/strong\u003e migrated to Seattle. She earned a graduate degree from the University of Washington, after which she spent forty rewarding years as a speech-language pathologist (SLP). Poetry has become her second act. She is active in Pacific Northwest poetry circles and contributes book reviews to several journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer poems have received three Pushcart nominations and her first chapbook,\u003cem\u003e Postcards from the Lilac City,\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have been published in such journals as \u003cem\u003eDeep Wild, Eco Theo, Ekphrastic Review, Gyroscope,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInflectionist Review,\u003c\/em\u003e as well as in anthologies such as\u003cem\u003e Sing the Salmon Home\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRaising Lilly Ledbetter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the years, Mary Ellen has been fortunate to benefit from Pacific Northwest poetry workshops, particularly Poets on the Coast writing retreats with Susan Rich and Kelli Russell Agodon, as well as many classes taught at Seattle’s Hugo House. She has learned much from skilled and generous teachers, especially Deborah Woodard, Judith Skillman, Carolyne Wright, Sierra Nelson, John Sibley Williams, Judith Roche, Holly J. Hughes, and Sheila Bender. Sandra Yannone’s Cultivating Voices online community has widened her poetry horizons. She is forever grateful to her critique groups, particularly her fifteen years of weekly meetings with the Greenwood Poets, founded by Sharon Cumberland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMary Ellen enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren, bicycling, baking, hiking, and attending live theatre and poetry events with her husband, Ken, her first and trusted reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 51 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 22, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44462962016359,"sku":"rrh1787287030369","price":12.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/1601\/0087\/files\/taking-leave_1.jpg?v=1787287047","url":"https:\/\/urbanstepfashion.shop\/products\/taking-leave","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}