Pamela Helberg
Pamela Helberg was recently published in Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions and is something of an expert at living two lives: Fundamentalist Christian/closeted lesbian; Catholic school employee/mostly-out lesbian; writer/computer geek; lesbian mom in the not-so-gay nineties. She received her MA in Creative Writing from Western Washington University where she studied under award-winning novelist Laura...
Mary Ann Henry
Mary Ann Henry was born in West Virginia but has lived for the last thirteen years on a barrier island in South Carolina’s Lowcountry where she runs a small business or two, one of which is a retreat for writers. Combining a long interest in spiritual studies and practices with her passion for writing, she often leads workshops that examine the link between creativity and the journey of the soul. A former Creative Writing...
Molly Howes
At AWP this year, I fell in love with AROHO and am thrilled to be part of the retreat! I am a relatively seasoned person but a relatively new serious writer. I returned to disciplined writing when my children went to college and am an active member of the Grub Street, Inc., writers’ center in Boston. I will begin their Memoir Incubator Program, a yearlong intensive course, in June, 2013. My memoir is a story about the lessons I...
Brianna Johnson
Brianna Johnson is the author of Fire Sale, an experimental prose manifesto detailing the economic decline of love, the body, and America in 18 movements. She has earned her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College where she was mentored by, among others, Rebecca Brown, Douglas Martin, Bhanu Kapil, and Darcey Steinke. Her work has been featured in Tarpaulin Sky Magazine, the HazMat Literary Review and Spout Magazine....
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson is author of the memoir An Unquenchable Thirst, named one of 2011’s best books by Kirkus Review. Her need for support while writing was the catalyst for the founding of A Room of Her Own Foundation. Johnson is AROHO’s Creative Director of Retreats, and is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony. Her work has been widely published, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, O the Oprah Magazine, Poets &...
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