Read & Listen
Watch Sustainability, an excerpt from What Water Holds, shared at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria, Oregon, FisherPoets Gathering 2023
Working Boats Coloring Book
This richly illustrated coloring book, inspired by Tom Crestodina’s bestselling Working Boats picture book, is perfect for coloring enthusiasts of all ages who are curious about boats and the maritime world.
Step into the fascinating world of working boats with this fun and gorgeous coloring book filled with Tom Crestodina’s illustrations of intriguing boats and lively maritime scenes. Coloring enthusiasts of all ages will love bringing this world to life in full color. This coloring book features 31 full-page illustrations for coloring. On facing pages, the book also includes information about each of the drawings, with text by FisherPoet and essayist Tele Aadsen, paired with smaller illustrations, which also welcome coloring.
Available November 2023
I Sing the Salmon Home
For this unique collection celebrating salmon, Washington State Poet Laureate and Lummi tribal member Rena Priest gathered poems from more than 150 Washington poets ranging from first graders to tribal elders, all inspired by the Northwest’s beloved, iconic salmon. A diverse chorus of voices, they join together in poems that praise salmon’s heroic journey, beauty, courage, and generosity and witness the threats salmon face from pollution, dams and warming ocean
Listen
Hearing Voices, Coming Home, & The Sisterhood, excerpts from What Water Holds
Read: Hooked
Walking on Water with Michael Jackson
(A note: On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson introduced what would become his signature move — the moonwalk — during a television performance of “Billie Jean.” Though many other artists had performed the move over prior decades, it gained worldwide popularity through…
Professional Deckhand, Ocean Hitchhiker
A special mentor recently shared the concern she’d felt upon imagining my life at sea. Cradling a glass in her hands, she recalled, “I wondered, ‘Is she ever scared?’” I immediately assumed she was referring to the fear that comes of realizing how insignificant and…
Across Oceans, Walking Home
Japan’s 9.0 earthquake and consequent tsunami struck one week ago. As the depth of the devastation continues to unfold, I’ve been thinking about our Japanese brothers and sisters, wondering how people manage to get through the unimaginable. Three days ago, Al Jazeera…