Carolyn Benson, a member of Straw Dog, lives at Lathrop Community in Easthampton. Moving to Western Massachusetts over 20 years ago, she discovered Pat Schneider and the AWA method, traveled Read More
Posts by Straw Dog Writers Guild
Pass the Remote by Jonathan Kahane
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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