Madlynn Haber lives in Hampshire County. Her work appears in the anthology Letters to Fathers from Daughters, Anchor Magazine, Exit 13 Magazine and on websites including: The Voices Project, The Read More
Posts by Straw Dog Writers Guild
Listen by Johanna Bartlett
Johanna Bartlett: I am a retired high school English teacher who lives next to the Wendell State Forest. I have always written, but not for publication. Listen “And those who Read More
A Pandemic Pilgrimage by Kathryn Holzman
Kathryn Holzman’s fiction has appeared in online literary magazines and print anthologies. She is the author of a collection of short fiction, FLATLANDERS, Shire Press 2019. Her first novel REAL Read More
Bach on Zoom by Corinne Demas
Corinne Demas is the author of thirty-five books, including five novels, two short story collections, numerous books for children, a poetry chapbook (The Donkeys Postpone Gratification), and a book for Read More
Ode to tying my shoelaces by Lindsay Rockwell
Lindsay Rockwell’s love of poetry is born from her curiosity of unifying themes of nature, science and theology, as well as her mother’s literary passion. Lindsay is a medical oncologist Read More
Solace by Lois Joy
Lois Joy lives in Hampshire County where she teaches Iyengar Yoga (on Zoom now!), writes, and works for economic justice for the non-profit Jobs for the Future. Her work appears Read More
OUTSIDE by Don Fisher
Don Fisher lives and writes in Chicopee and has been writing for over 30 years. His collection of poems On the Edge of Grace is soon to be published by Read More
Random Thoughts While Hiking Mt Tom in the Time of the Virus by Dana Salisbury
Dana Salisbury lives in Easthampton, MA, in Hampshire County. She spent 20 years as a visual artist and became a choreographer for the next 20 years. Now she still dances Read More
Sudden Rain by Laura Rodley
Franklin County’s Laura Rodley, Pushcart Prize winner, quintuple Pushcart Prize and Best of Net nominee. Former co-curator Collected Poets Series, Rodley teaches As You Write It class, published As You Read More
“Stall” by Meg Fisher
Meg Fisher: I am a retired early-childhood teacher living in Franklin County in the Mount Toby foothills with my younger son. This poem came into being in a weekly writing Read More