Press

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS

Claiming Poetry: Conversation with Brenda Joyce Patterson, Cultural Daily, September 21, 2021.

Profile: Brenda Joyce Patterson, Haven Magazine, February 1, 2021.

Writers @ LPL, Haven Magazine, February 1, 2018, pg. 25.

Verses with Vigor, Lakeland Magazine, October 2016, pgs. 57 – 59, 68.

Polk State Career Guide (Liberal Arts/The Real-Life Look), pg. 25, Polk State College, 2013.

Alumna Started Journey to ‘Dream Job’ at Polk State, Polk State College, Pride of Polk,  August 14, 2012.

Monday Profile | Brenda Patterson    Librarian, Poet Laughs, Rolls With Life’s Punches, The (Lakeland) Ledger, November 1, 2009.

Artists of the Month: Poet/Writer Brenda Patterson Inspires with Words, Suzanne Roth Creates Images from her Words, Focus LAKELAND EDITION, April 15, 2006 – May 15, 2006, pg. 15.

Lone Poet Lives to Tell the Tale, The (Lakeland) Ledger, August 28, 1997.

MEDIA/INTERVIEWS

WONN News and Public Affairs Director Andrea Oliver interviews Brenda on Polk County Today program,  April 11, 2014.

GALLERY (Hi-res promo photos)