March 25, 2026  

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Ana Maria Spagna, English Faculty, aspagna@wvc.edu 
Holly Thorpe, English Faculty, hthorpe@wvc.edu   
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Authors Maya Jewell Zeller and Dawn Pichón Barron will read at Wenatchee Valley College on Wed., April 8 as part of the WVC Visiting Writers series. The reading will be from 7-8 p.m. in The Grove Recital Hall in the Music and Art Center (MAC). This event is free and open to the public. 

Maya Jewell Zeller released her newest book, “Raised by Ferns” in March and is on tour with her book throughout Washington and in several other states. 

Maya Jewell Zeller is a multi-genre author of several books and collaborations, most recently “Raised by Ferns,” published by Porphyry Press in March 2026 and “The Wonder of Mushrooms,” published in fall 2025 by AdventureKEEN. Zeller is professor of English for Central Washington University, and affiliate faculty of Poetry and Nature Writing for Western Colorado University’s low-residency MFA program. Zeller lives in the Pacific Northwest with her children, their two tuxedo cats, and an ever-expanding library. Learn more about Zeller at mayajewellzeller.com.  

Dawn Pichón Barron is the academic director of the Native Pathways Program and Creative Writing Faculty at the Evergreen State College. Her chapbook, “ESCAPE GIRL BLUES,” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2018. Other work can be found at Moss, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Washington 129 Poetry Anthology, Yellow Medicine Review, Barrelhouse, and elsewhere. She lives with her wingman and chihuahuas at the southern tip of the Salish Sea. 

The Visiting Writers series is sponsored by the WVC English Department with support from the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation. The next Visiting Writers series event will feature author Jonathan Johnson, who will read in Wenatchee and Omak on May 14 and 15. 

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