Tracey Cravens-Gras
A life-long lover of the written word, I studied English at the University of Cincinnati, and graduated with honors from the Ohio State University in 1997. After a miraculous decade raising two kids, and a family relocation to the desert southwest, I began working for A Room of Her Own as Darlene Chandler Bassett’s personal assistant in 2008. Author of thousands of emails and the rare and wildly-scrawled thank you note, I savor the...
Kristi Crutchfield Cox
Kristi Crutchfield Cox lives in Southern Oklahoma with her husband of thirteen years and their three dogs. By day, she navigates the minds of women and teens, helping them find their own definitions of peace and resolution, hope and new paths. During eves, her home resounds with a tango, as she sits on her bouncy ball weaving tales which reflect women’s experiences. Pieces of her soul linger in each line. She travels to Taos as...
Nicelle Davis
Nicelle Davis was the recipient of the 2013 AROHO Retreat 9 3/4 Fellowship. She runs a free online poetry workshop at The Bees’ Knees Blog and serves as Editor at Large for The Los Angeles Review as well as Poetry Editor at Large for Connotation Press. Her second book, Becoming Judas, was released from Red Hen Press in 2013. Her first collection of poems, Circe, is available from Lowbrow Press at Amazon.com, and her third...
Thelma de Castro
Thelma Virata de Castro is a Filipino American playwright and mom. Her work is included in the Asian American Women Playwrights Archive at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She received a residency at Hedgebrook and attended the 25th Anniversary Alumnae Reunion Celebration. Her work was featured in Guerilla Girls on Tour’s WE ARE THEATRE, and she is a proud supporter of the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative. She is...
Peggy Dobreer
Peggy Dobreer came to poetry through dance and experimental theatre. She has one full-length collection, In The Lake of Your Bones, released in March 2012 by Moon Tide Press. She is a long time educator, offering her unique approach to kinesthetically generated poetry and performance, THE E=Mc2BODIED WORD. She also curates The RwIrGiHtTe READ at Stories Books in Los Angeles and FIRST FRIDAYS at The Rapp Salo(o)n in Santa...
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