Brenda Miller with Dayna Patterson & Elizabeth Vignali- Love You, Bye

Sun Apr 12 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-07:00

Village Books and Paper Dreams | Bellingham

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Brenda Miller with Dayna Patterson & Elizabeth Vignali- Love You, Bye
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Join the discussion about award-winning author Brenda Miller's latest book, a stunning collection of essays, poems, and photographs!
About this Event

From award-winning writer Brenda Miller comes this stunning hybrid collection of essays, poems, and photographs about family, faith, and the art of saying goodbye. Essential reading for anyone navigating the complexities of aging parents, the mysteries of faith, or the simple courage required to keep loving in a world that often breaks our hearts.


Brenda Miller is the author of six essay collections and the poetry chapbook The Daughters of Elderly Women. Her work has received seven Pushcart prizes. She co-authored the textbook Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, and The Pen and the Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World. She is Professor Emerita of Creative Writing at Western Washington University.


Brenda will be in conversation with:


Dayna Patterson is the author of Our Lady of Thread (forthcoming, 2027), O Lady, Speak Again (2023), and If Mother Braids a Waterfall (2020), all from Signature Books. She collaborated with Susan Alexander, Luther Allen, Jennifer Bullis, and Bruce Beasley to produce a poetry collection of interwoven poems, A Spiritual Thread (Other Mind Press, 2024). She received the Association for Mormon Letters Poetry Award, and two of her poems appear in Best Spiritual Literature, 2023. You can learn more about her on her website: daynapatterson.com


Elizabeth Vignali is the author of the poetry collection House of the Silverfish (Unsolicited Press 2021) and three chapbooks, the most recent of which is Endangered Animal (Floating Bridge Press 2019). Her work has appeared in Willow Springs, Cincinnati Review, Poetry Northwest, Mid-American Review, Tinderbox, The Literary Review, and others. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she works as an optician, produces the Bellingham Kitchen Session reading series, and serves as poetry editor of Sweet Tree Review. Learn more here: www.elizabethvignali.com/


Feel free to call Village Books and Paper Dreams for further asssistance at 360-671-2626!

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Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, United States

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