RED THREAD COLLECTIVE
Writing at the Threshold
What does it mean to approach the craft of writing from the liminal space of the threshold?
Threshold: a level or point above which something is true or will take place, and below which it is not or will not.
Threshold: a point of departure or transition, takes you from one place to another, and when you’re about to start something new, you’re also on a threshold.
We seek to create spaces of literary exploration that are grounded in sacred relationship and also reach for wholeness and embrace the mystery. People of the global majority (PGM) are our core audience.
Our guiding ethos is lush and precise:
Tell the truth.
Take care.
Honor the sovereignty of all.
Founding writers:
Lisbeth White
Lisbeth White (she/her) is a writer and ritualist living on S’klallam and Chimacum lands of Port Townsend, WA. As a cross-genre writer of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, her writing explores the sensual and sociopolitical intersections of healing, ancestry, mythopoetics, and connection to the natural world. She is the author of the poetry collection American Sycamore (Perugia Press, '22) and co-editor of the anthology Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power (North Atlantic Books, '23).
JooRi Jun
JooRi Jun (she/her), an ancestral lineage healing practitioner and ritualist, rediscovered writing through deepening her relationship with her ancestors and her ritual work. This journey of reclamation necessitated a vehicle for expressing her voice and the collective wisdom of her ancestors. Writing allows JooRi to understand context, process collective trauma, and embody her inheritances fully. It situates her at the crossroads of ritual, communion, creativity, and grieving, facilitating a profound connection with ancestral time and intergenerational memory. For JooRi, writing is a sacred practice, a way to stay in relationship with her ancestors, and a portal for navigating the fractures she inhabits as part of the Korean diaspora.
Oceana Sawyer
Oceana Sawyer (she/we/kin) is the author of “Life, Death, Grief, and the Possibility of Pleasure" which was self-published in 2022. She has been the editor for a magazine and literary newsletters including The Psychic Reader, The Scribbler, and Oceana’s Portal on Substack. “The Quay” a short story published in a local newspaper at the age of twelve began a lifelong love of creating short stories, essays, and poems for her own personal exploration and offered as provocation for others.
Melissa O'Neil
Melissa (she/her) is a mom, writer, and activist who has worked as both a teacher and a librarian. Melissa has spent the last 20+ years as an activist with a focus on social justice, racial equity, and environmental protection. She is a spirited and spiritual leader and an uber mama
ready to reset broken systems for the health of all of our community’s children.
Beginning in the Spring 2024, we will be offering
book clubs
community writing nights
writer workshops
writer retreats
reading events