Gail Thomas of Hampshire County is a Straw Dog member. Her poems appear in many journals and anthologies, and she has published four books. Among her awards are the Charlotte Read More
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Fever Cabin by John Sheirer
John Sheirer is a Straw Dog Writers Guild member from Northampton, Massachusetts. He has taught for 27 years at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut. He writes a monthly column Read More
Chambers by Susie Kaufman
Susie Kaufman is a Berkshire county writer and the author of the 2019 essay collection, Twilight Time: Aging in Amazement. Her stories were included in the anthology, Writing Fire, and Read More
Pandemic Ponderings by Ed Orzechowski
Ed Orzechowski, a Straw Dog Authors Guild member from Hampshire County, is the author of You’ll Like It Here—The Story of Donald Vitkus, Belchertown Patient #3394. His work has appeared Read More
A LOVE LETTER TO THE PIONEER VALLEY by Joshua Michael Stewart
photo by Chanel Dubofsky Joshua Michael Stewart lives in Ware, Massachusetts in Hampshire County, and is a Straw Dog Writers Guild Member. His poems have been published in the Massachusetts Read More
Impermanence by Jennifer Delozier
Jennifer Delozier lives in Hampshire County with her husband, Greg and memories of their dog, Jesse. She’s a nature photographer, an organic gardener, and a dedicated writer and poet. Impermanence Read More
The Sorrow of Animals and Ourselves by David Giannini
David Giannini’s most recent books include The Future Only Rattles When You Pick It Up; In a Moment We May Be Strangely Blended, and Mayhap ( Dos Madres Press 2018; Read More
Semantics by Alice Knox Eaton
Alice Knox Eaton teaches literature and writing at Springfield College. She keeps a blog on occasion, usually in April, at aliceinbloggingland.com. Her memoir is out at contests and a publisher. Read More
COVID-33 1/3 by Scott Hume
Scott Hume is a retired journalist and Straw Dog member living now in Wisconsin following 40 years in Chicago. He holds an M.A. in Literature from the University of Chicago Read More
House Arrest in the Time of Covid by Margaret Allard
Margaret Allard, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, has thrived in the Hampshire County Hilltowns for more than forty years. While teaching many grade levels and supporting micro businesses at Read More