Marlene Samuels
Marlene Samuels earned her Ph.D. and M.A., from the University of Chicago in the Social Sciences, and a B.S. in Clinical Psychology at Northern Illinois University. Now a research sociologist and writer, she writes creative non-fiction and memoir, and teaches research methodology. Co-author, editor, and publisher of her mother’s Holocaust memoir, The Seamstress, she has published several non-fiction short stories, and an academic book...
Andrea Scarpino
Andrea Scarpino is the author of the chapbook The Grove Behind (Finishing Line Press). She received an MFA in Creative Writing from The Ohio State University, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and teaches with Union Institute and University’s Cohort Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies. She is a weekly contributor for the blog Planet of the Blind. Desert Delight Contributor.
Jane Schulman
Jane Schulman is a poet and short story writer and teaches senior citizens to write about their lives in poetry, fiction, and memoir. She lives in Jamaica, Queens, and is the mother of four amazing sons and two new daughters-in-law. Finally, more female energy in the family! Jane works as a speech pathologist in a Brooklyn, New York public school, helping autistic and emotionally-disturbed students find and hone their voices. She...
Debra Schultz
Dr. Debra Schultz is a historian and the author of “Going South: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement” (New York University Press). She is a founder of the Soros Foundation’s International Women’s Program and served for ten years as its Director of Programs. She has taught history and women’s studies at the New School, Rutgers University, and Laguardia Community College, and was a CUNY Graduate Center Writing Fellow...
Ruth L. Schwartz
Ruth L. Schwartz has published four award-winning books of poems, includingDear Good Naked Morning, selected by Alicia Ostriker for the 2004 Autumn House Poetry Prize, and Edgewater, a 2001 National Poetry Series winner chosen by Jane Hirshfield. Ruth is also the author of a memoir, Death in Reverse: A Love Story(Michigan State University Press, 2004). Recipient of over a dozen national writing awards, including fellowships from...
Art is my taste for freedom. I drown day and day until I pick up my paintbrush once again. So, somehow, I can tell myself that you’re not stuck in this room and that the canvas is the key.
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