Pamela Steele's Books
Nov.08.2011
Avery is no stranger to the weight of loss, the way it shapes and defines the expanse of a life. The death of her sister, when Avery was just a child herself, engulfed her and her family—a mother driven mad, a father who disappeared, and all the while, neighbors and friends ignoring and surviving. The loss shades Avery’s full being, becoming a deep part of her past and her...
Sep.01.2007
Paper Bird is my first full-length book of poetry, though I previously published a chapbook of poems, Other Rivers, Distant Songs (Spring Tree Press, 1997).
"Steele transforms the ordinary--cupping moments like sourcce of light in the palms of her hands. Here, she says, see beyond our time here. Paper Bird is a luminous collection of poems. Honest...
Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.”
—Jose Ortega y Gasset
About Pamela
Pamela Steele was born in West Virginia and grew up between Oregon and Tennessee. She received her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University, and her poetry collection Paper Bird was nominated for an Oregon Book Award in 2008. She currently teaches...
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Causes Pamela Steele Supports
Fishtrap, Inc., Pendleton Center for the Arts, The Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center/Tamkaliks Celebration