Joanne Allred

Joanne Allred is the author of three poetry collections: Particulate (Bear Star Press), The Evolutionary Purpose of Heartbreak (Turning Point), and Outside Paradise (Word Poetry). Her chapbook, Whetstone, won the Flume Press Chapbook Competition. Her poems have appeared in many publications including Women’s Review of Books, Prairie Schooner and Quarterly West. She taught for many years at California State University, Chico, and lived in Butte Creek Canyon outside the city. Her home burned to the ground in November 2018 in the “Camp Fire.” Outside Paradise chronicles the experience of losing most everything in the fire and beginning again.