Ruth Lehrer is the author of the young adult novel, BEING FISHKILL (Candlewick.) She is a Pushcart nominated poet, with poems scattered through the web and woods. A Strawdog member, Read More
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Spring Flowers amid COVID19 By Dixie Brown
Dixie Brown: I am a writer who lives in Hampshire County. I work as a writing coach at the Commonwealth Honors College at UMass. I love to hike in the Read More
He’s Not Gonna Take It By Chris O’Carroll
Chris O’Carroll is author of The Joke’s on Me. He has been Light magazine’s featured poet, and his work appears in Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle and The Great Read More
Rightful Rage by Andrea Della Monica
Andrea Della Monica is a former newspaper journalist and creative non-fiction writer whose work has appeared in a variety of print and online publications, including Hippocampus and Glimmer Train. She Read More
Funerals from Afar by Sarah B. Sullivan
Sarah Sullivan, a member of Straw Dog Writers Guild and resident of Northampton, MA in Hampshire County, is a poet, physician, teacher, ocean-lover, partner, parent, friend, meditator, searcher. She is Read More
The (less obvious) Keys To Publishing Success By Amy Laprade
I’ve been submitting my work to literary journals since 2013 and have, thus far, made moderate progress—while operating under the belief that the act of doing so is a cut Read More
Going Viral: launching a book during the pandemic
By Ellen Meeropol We’re all terrified about what Covid-19 means for our communities, our loved ones. If we’re not frightened, we should be. Many of us are self-isolating, working remotely, Read More
Literary Halloween – Dead Writers Dance!
Gallery Dancing, Literary Costumes, Raffles, Fun Galore! Slide Show Thank you to our intern Marisa Mizzoni for editing the Ode to the Dead Writers Collection – Chapbook 2019 if you Read More
Announcing the inaugural year of the Emerging Writers Fellowship Program!
The Emerging Writers Fellowship Program is seeking applicants for 2020! We are accepting applications from those who write poetry. This program will Read More
Paving the Way, Paying it Forward By Nicole M. Young
My interest in writing emerged when I first relocated to Western Massachusetts in 2007. Joining a writing a performance group as a way to learn more about the area and Read More