Susie Verkamp
Sep30

Susie Verkamp

At age 65, I am a writer emerging from creative isolation, committed to getting my work out into the world. I have written journals for much of my life, and found community in writing workshops whenever time, finances and circumstances allowed. My intention moving forward from the 2011 AROHO retreat was to cultivate my identity as a writer. My goal was to continue writing new and revised poems for submission and to create structure...

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Caity-Shea Violette
Sep30

Caity-Shea Violette

Caity-Shea Violette is a writer and actor based in Chicago, IL. Her work has been seen in Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Minneapolis, NYC, Toronto, Denver, and Chicago. She holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and is a graduate of Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. Caity-Shea is passionate about sharing the stories of women, particularly survivors of gender-based violence, by creating new work for...

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Elizabeth Weber
Sep30

Elizabeth Weber

Elizabeth Weber has published three collections of poetry, Small Mercies (Owl Creek Press), The Burning House (Main Street Rag) and Porthole Views: Watercolors and Poems on which she collaborated with artist Hazel Stoeckeler (Nodin Press). Her poem “City Generations” was chosen to be a permanent part of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail in 2010. Her poems have appeared in many literary magazines including Calyx, Verse, Kalliope, Puerto...

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Nancy White
Sep30

Nancy White

Nancy White is the author of two books, Sun, Moon, Salt (winner of the Washington Prize) and Detour. Work appears in The Antioch Review, Black Warrior Review, FIELD, Ploughshares, Rattle, Virginia Quarterly Review and others.  She is editor and president at The Word Works in DC and a professor of English and Creative Writing at SUNY Adirondack. www.nancywhitepoetry.net Studio Hour Leader

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Maria Williams-Russell
Sep30

Maria Williams-Russell

Maria Williams-Russell is the author of A Love Letter to Say There Is No Love and the founding editor of Shape&Nature Press. She is also the creator of The Favorite Words Project and The Flaneur Walk Pamphlet Series, two international, interactive transmedia projects designed to create community around language and literature. Her poems have been published in Belleview Literary Review, Bateau, Boxcar Poetry Review, Sous Rature,...

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