Dora McQuaid
Aug01

Dora McQuaid

Dora E. McQuaid is an award-winning poet, activist, speaker, and teacher, whose blend of art, emotion and service has earned her multiple awards, including the PA Governor’s Pathfinder Award, recognition by the PA Senate and a Vagina Warrior Honor. Dora performs, speaks and teachers internationally, in venues as varied as men’s and women’s prisons, justice and outreach programs, churches, universities and professional and academic...

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Marianela Medrano
Aug01

Marianela Medrano

Marianela Medrano is a Dominican writer and professional counselor with a PhD in psychology. She offers workshops and readings in various venues in Connecticut and other parts of the country. In her workshops, she combines literature, psychology, and her research on the Sacred Feminine to help others find new ways of knowing the wholeness of  being human. She has published the following poetry books: Oficio de Vivir (1986), Los...

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Marcia Meier
Aug01

Marcia Meier

Marcia Meier is an author, award-winning journalist, writing coach and developmental manuscript editor. Her book, Navigating the Rough Waters of Today’s Publishing World: Critical Advice for Writers from Industry Insiders (Quill Driver Books, 2010), was recently named one of “10 Great Books on Writing from 2010” by The Writer magazine. She writes for numerous publications, including The Writer, Miller-McCune Magazine online, and...

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Carolyn Mikulencak
Aug01

Carolyn Mikulencak

Carolyn Mikulencak is still working on her MFA in fiction at the University of New Orleans. She has three young sons and story forthcoming in the fall issue of Yemassee.

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Sarah Nichols
Aug01

Sarah Nichols

Sarah Nichols is new to writing outside of academia- still in the early stages of wandering around with a fistful of wildflowers and a half eaten box of chocolates trying to find and woo her muse. With gratitude to the teachers who praised her truly unfortunate rhymes in middle school, Sarah writes poetry and creative non-fiction. She won the Jeanne McFarland prize as an undergraduate at Smith College, where she studied Gender Studies...

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