Lucia Orth
Lucia Orth’s first novel, Baby Jesus Pawn Shop (The Permanent Press, 2008) received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. Kirkus called it “a graceful . . . elegant debut.” NPR said, “What first-time novelist Lucia Orth has pulled off is really impressive: a haunting, suspenseful, beautifully written love story. . . Think Dr. Zhivago in Southeast Asia.” An excerpt from her second in-progress novel appeared in the Asia...
Amelia Perkins
Amelia Perkins worked for many years in the inter-religious movement, beginning with the Museum of World Religions in Taiwan, then putting on art shows with Buddhist nuns in New York, then for the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago and Melbourne. Now she’s transforming her livelihood, studying with some wise teachers, and giving one-on-one sessions and convening workshops on embodied writing, transformative...
Aimee Perkins
Aimee Perkins is a Chicago writer. Active in the local live literature scene, she has written and performed with RUI: Reading Under the Influence, The Paper Machete and the MCA’s Literary Gangs of Chicago but her heart belongs to 2nd Story, Chicago’s premier storytelling organization. Working with musicians and directors, 2nd Story works with writers to craft a personal narrative they are able to confidently perform...
Lesley Poling-Kempes
Lesley Poling-Kempes is the award-winning author of five books about the American Southwest, including The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West; Valley of Shining Stone: The Story of Abiquiu; Georgia O’Keeffe & New Mexico, and Ghost Ranch. Her work has won the Zia Award for Excellence, and her first novel, Canyon of Remembering, was a Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist. She lives in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Special...
Tania Pryputniewicz
Poet by night, writing instructor by day, incessant blogger during moments between, Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduateTania Pryputniewicz teaches Transformative Blogging and is writing a book based on her courses and offering blogging tips on her website. Co-founder of Mother, Writer, Mentor, she also teaches Poetry of Motherhood and Fatherhood. Her photo poem montages (with Robyn Beattie) took Juror’s Best of Show for the 2012 2D3D...
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