Diane Rachele, poet and writer, is a longtime resident of Hampshire County in western Massachusetts. She’s a member of Straw Dog Writers Guild (SDWG) and the Florence Poets Society with Read More
Posts by Straw Dog Writers Guild
Current Times by Eileen P. Kennedy
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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