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Current Times by Eileen P. Kennedy

Posted on June 13, 2020June 23, 2021

Eileen P. Kennedy’s Banshees (Flutter Press, 2015) was nominated for a Pushcart and awarded Second Prize from the Wordwrite Books Award in Poetry. Her second collection, Touch My Head Softly, Read More

Dreams in the Age of Covid19 by Ruth Flohr, M.A.

Posted on June 12, 2020June 23, 2021

Ruth Flohr: I write memoir, poetry, and creative prose. I also operate Wordwifery Writing hosting memoir and creative writing groups. My current projects include my memoir “Army Brat: The Vietnam Read More

New England Swamp Trail by Terry S. Johnson

Posted on June 11, 2020June 23, 2021

Terry S. Johnson, a founding steering committee member of Straw Dog, lives in Hampshire County. She earned her M.F.A. from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first poetry book, Read More

Scene from “The List” by Pamela Marin

Posted on June 10, 2020June 23, 2021

Pamela Marin, a former reporter published in national newspapers and magazines, is the author of the memoir Motherland (Free Press 2005). She wrote the screenplay for the movie Tommy’s Honour, Read More

The Smell of Mice By Bob Barba

Posted on June 9, 2020June 23, 2021

Bob Barba is currently sheltering in a particularly swell place in Ashfield, MA, where he lives, writes and putters. He’s the current holder of the Poet’s Seat prize and the Read More

Relying upon By C. D. Finley

Posted on June 8, 2020June 23, 2021

C. D. “Fin” Finley is a writer living in Charlemont Mass (Franklin County). She attended Simmons Graduate School of Management and U. Mass. before returning to LaSalle University in 2000 Read More

Spring is Not Cancelled by Gail Thomas

Posted on June 7, 2020June 23, 2021

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

Fever Cabin by John Sheirer

Posted on June 6, 2020June 23, 2021

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

Posted on June 5, 2020June 23, 2021

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

Posted on June 4, 2020June 23, 2021

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

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