Emily J. Mundy is a Seattle-based poet who believes in writing as a force that heals, transforms, and illuminates.
Her work reveres the mystical nature of language and often explores spirituality. She is proud to have made her home in the Pacific Northwest, and hints of this landscape reverberate throughout her poems.
Emily is the creator of The Poetry Séance—a quarterly performance and community reading series curated to enliven poetry shows and embolden local writers, each season at a time. Her debut manuscript of poetry, What Blooms in the Dark, is published with Moon Tide Press.
She shares a realm with her two cats and one beloved typewriter.
Photo by Rodrigo Sanchez
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What Blooms in the Dark
Tracing the poet’s journey of release, return, and rebirth, this debut collection dives into the dark necessarily, as a precursive measure for arching back up toward the light. Poems that recount generational violence and addiction converse with others that conjure healing and illumination in the cycles of nature. What Blooms in the Dark, ultimately, is a work of spiritual transformation and the power of love.
Published by Moon Tide Press.
$15.00
COVER ART BY ESTHER LOOPSTRA