Ruth Thompson

Ruth Thompson is a poet and conscious channel who has written six books, including the poetry collection Journey Bread. She began writing poetry in her fifties after leaving an abusive marriage. Her work is noted for its joy, wit, and connection to the natural world. She publishes and edits Saddle Road Press, which she founded in 2011 to issue her own work and that of writers she admires. The press moved from Hawai'i to Ithaca, New York, in 2020. She lives in Ithaca with the anthropologist-writer Don Mitchell.