The Writing of Audubon’s Sparrow

Poet and author, Juditha Dowd, shares her insights on the writing of her book, Audubon’s Sparrow, a biography in poems of Lucy Bakewell Audubon.

‘How is a marriage sustained through bankruptcy, distance, the loss of children, and one partner’s single-minded focus on what, for many years, seems to be a pipe dream? In Audubon’s Sparrow, Juditha Dowd delves deep into both historical archives and her own imagination to craft a compelling portrait of Lucy Audubon, the unsung hero of her more famous husband’s story. If, as Lucy laments,” he is husband to his birds now, and I am…I am what?” then Dowd skillfully answers this question. In time traveling verses, she brings the reader into the world of the Audubons - a world of birds and mammals, muddy feet, and tender years too.’ From Irene Mathieu author of Grand Marriage.

Join us for a fascinating presentation followed by a delicious lunch.

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Juditha Dowd lives in Easton, PA. Her most recent book is Audubon’s Sparrow, a lyric biography in the voice of Lucy Bakewell Audubon (Rose Metal Press). Her poetry, fiction, essays and reviews have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies and her work supported by residency fellowships at Vermont Studio Center and Virginia Center for the Creative Art.