Angela Patten and Scudder Parker

Sunday, June 8 | 4:00 PM

Scudder Parker’s first volume of poetry, Safe as Lightning, released in June 2020 by Rootstock
Publishing, was awarded the Best Poetry Book of 2020 by the Independent Publishers of New
England (IPNE). Scudder’s poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals including Sun
Magazine, Crosswinds, The Lascaux Review, Sky Island Journal, Vermont Life, Northern
Woodlands, and Twyckenham. His poem “The Poem of the World” was selected as a finalist in
the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. His second volume of poetry and prose, The
Poem of the World, has just been published by Kelsay Books, and is available through Amazon,
Kelsay Books, and Ingram.
Scudder: The Poem of the World ISBN: 978-1-63980-711-6. Scudder’s second collection of
poetry and prose is primarily autobiographical, exploring the author’s early years, time as a
preacher, major life changes, evolving relationships, and a deepening understanding of his
relationship to community and the world around him. It is about loss and grief, the presence of
wonder, and a celebration of the richness of life.

Angela Patten’s publications include five poetry collections, Feeding the Wild Rabbit (Kelsay
Books 2024), The Oriole & the Ovenbird (Kelsay Books 2021), In Praise of Usefulness (Wind
Ridge Books 2014), Reliquaries (Salmon Poetry, Ireland 2007) and Still Listening (Salmon
Poetry, Ireland, 1999), and a prose memoir, High Tea at a Low Table: Stories From An Irish
Childhood (Wind Ridge Books 2013). Her work has appeared in many literary journals and
anthologies. Born and raised in Dublin, she maintains dual citizenship in Ireland and the United
States, where she has lived since 1977. She is a Senior Lecturer Emerita in the English
Department at the University of Vermont.
Angela: Feeding the Wild Rabbit ISBN: 978-1-63980-662-1, Angela’s fifth collection of
poems, is a meditation on the musicality of language and the resonances behind individual
words, derived from her loquacious upbringing in Ireland and her observations of the natural
world of New England, enhanced by the playfulness of metaphor.