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Pass the Remote by Jonathan Kahane

Posted on September 1, 2020June 9, 2021

Jon Kahane lives in Hampshire County and is a retired Psychology Professor. He has published many articles in refereed journals, as well as textbook chapters and numerous columns and letters Read More

Antidote to the Pandemic by Phyllis B. Katz

Posted on August 31, 2020June 9, 2021

Phyllis Katz moved from Norwich, Vermont to Northampton recently . She is a member of the Straw Dogs Literary Guild. She has just finished her fourth book of poems, Ghost Read More

Out of This World by Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz

Posted on August 30, 2020June 9, 2021

Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz is a Labrador Inuk advocate, marketer, poet, scholar, and writer.  She holds an MFA from Lesley University. She wrote this fiction to highlight the needs and hopes Read More

The Slow Hug by Rythea Lee

Posted on August 29, 2020June 9, 2021

Rythea Lee is a Massachusetts performance artist, musician, writer, activist and therapist. Her most recent achievement is a 20-episode YouTube series called Advice From A Loving Bitch that pairs with Read More

(Dis)Comfort by Rae Michelle

Posted on August 28, 2020June 9, 2021

  Rae Michelle: I live in New York county and am a member of Straw Dog Writer’s Guild. I am a professor. I teach, conduct research and write at New Read More

Season of Covid by Nina Gross

Posted on August 27, 2020June 9, 2021

Nina Gross is a violist who teaches and performs in the valley. She is a witness, and a writer of poems, dreams, harmonies, complaints, inspirations, explorations, observations, dialogues, songs, and Read More

Alternate Universe by Claire Day

Posted on August 26, 2020June 9, 2021

Claire Day, a Hampshire County resident and member of Straw Dog, is an expat from Northern England. A retired educator, she is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a recipient of Read More

Masked by Artemis Roehrig

Posted on August 25, 2020June 9, 2021

Artemis Roehrig is a SDWG member from Hampshire County. She is the author of multiple picture books including: Are Pirates Polite?, The Grumpy Pirate, Do Jellyfish Like Peanut Butter? Amazing Read More

The News in My Back Yard by Don Bartlett

Posted on August 24, 2020June 9, 2021

Don Bartlett is a retired PA in Franklin County. Pleased to discover actual enjoyment in composing sentences while writing a thesis, he attributes some facility with written expression to years Read More

The Time by Tzivia Gover

Posted on August 23, 2020June 9, 2021

Tzivia Gover is the author of The Mindful Way to a Good Night’s Sleep, among other books. Her writing has appeared in dozens of anthologies and periodicals from the Florence Read More

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