Allie Rigby is a poet with roots in the chaparral of California. Her debut poetry collection is Moonscape for a Child (Bored Wolves, 2024).
Moonscape for a Child
What does it mean to live well and with purpose in a world on fire? In Moonscape for a Child, the poet recounts hope and despair at the local and collective level (Bored Wolves, 2024).
These lyrical poems ask us to remember “purpose from a time / when women fed birds / fed all the birds” – inviting readers to follow their slow, mending desires. Illustrated by Julia Rigby, who worked in ink and blue wash.
Bio
Allie Rigby is a poet with roots in the chaparral of California. Moonscape for a Child is her debut poetry collection (Bored Wolves, 2024). Writing honors include a Fulbright Fellowship, a William Dickey Fellowship, and contribution to the annual Bread Loaf Writing Conference. Her poems and essays appear on Living on Earth Radio, WFIU’s The Poet’s Weave, Equatorial Literary Magazine, Parentheses Journal, and more. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She is also an editor for The SEEfest Review and the curator behind Living Poetry.
Allie lives with her partner in the Sierra Nevada.
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