Death Fluorescence - Paperback

Bouwsma, Julia: - Julia Bouwsma lives off-the-grid in the mountains of western Maine where she is a poet, homesteader, editor, teacher, and small-town librarian, as well as Maine's sixth Poet Laureate, serving a term from 2021 to 2026. Bouwsma is the author of three poetry collections: Death Fluorescence (Sundress Publications, 2025), Midden (Fordham University Press, 2018), and Work by Bloodlight (Cider Press Review, 2017). She is also the librettist for the short chamber opera, Ghost Apples, created in collaboration with composer Nathan Davis and the Halcyon Quartet. A recipient of a 2024 Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets and two Maine Literary Awards, Bouwsma serves as Library Director for Webster Library in Kingfield, Maine.