Stefanie Lipsey
Stefanie Lipsey is a poet, yoga instructor, and public school librarian. Her work has been published in many journals including: Southword, Long Island Quarterly, Big City Lit, Halfway Down the Stairs, and in the anthology, Token Entry: New York City Subway Poems. She teaches staff writing workshops at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY and has been a featured reader and workshop facilitator at libraries in the NYC area for over...
Nikki Loftin
Nikki Loftin is the author of three novels for young readers: THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY, NIGHTINGALE’S NEST, and WISH GIRL. She’s won awards and starred reviews for her books. This year, she plans to use some of the magical time at AROHO to draft another novel that will probably, like her other books, be called “too tragic,” “too dark/edgy,” or too something-elsey. This thought gives Nikki great joy, as she delights...
Lisa Lutwyche
Lisa Lutwyche received her MFA in creative writing from Goddard College in 2013. Poet, artist, playwright, and actor, her writing and artwork have been published in the US and in the UK. Her background includes a BFA (art), a BA (art history), and over 25 years in architecture. Lisa is now an adjunct English professor in Maryland and Pennsylvania. She has taught writing and art workshops since 1992, including at AROHO (2011 and...
Maura MacNeil
Maura MacNeil, MFA, is the founder of off the margins, a website that features writing and reflection on the life of an artist from women who “fearlessly tell the truth and risk vulnerability to give voice to their experience.” She earned her MFA in Poetry from Vermont College and her poetry, prose, and critical writing has been published and anthologized in numerous publications over the past three decades. Current projects include a...
Ellen McLaughlin
Ellen McLaughlin is an award-winning writer and playwright whose plays have received numerous national and international productions, including Days and Nights Within, A Narrow Bed, Infinity’s House, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Tongue of a Bird, The Trojan Women, Helen, The Persians and Oedipus, and most recently, the critically acclaimed Septimus and Clarissa. Ellen is also an actor and has worked on and off Broadway as well...
This month’s edition of WAVES is dedicated to our creative sisters whose spirits burn for their art while they are in the fight of their lives.
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How is artistic expansion the antidote to our worldly challenges?
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This time, there is no setting our art aside. This time, there is no setting our art asunder. This is our time.
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