Two writers tell us what they got out of participating in Straw Dog’s first Writers Roundtable -held February 11th. The topic was “What sustains you as a writer?” – The next Roundtable Read More
Posts by Straw Dog Writers Guild
New Member Benefits! Newly Redesigned Website!
Please check out our newly redesigned website! Over the past month, I have had the pleasure of redesigning the Straw Dog Writers Guild website. It has been inspiring to design Read More
Patricia Lee Lewis upon reflection …
Patricia Lee Lewis upon reflection … By Patrica Lee Lewis In the year that opens before us, I will turn 80, and recently in a writing circle of workshop leaders Read More
Welcoming Big Changes for SDWG in 2017
Welcoming Big Changes for SDWG in 2017 By Elli Meeropol 2017 looms, and seven years after Straw Dog Writers Guild was conceived in Patricia Lee Lewis’ living room, we Read More
Perugia Press Turns Twenty
Perugia Press Turns Twenty: Celebrating Milestones with our Local Community By Susan Kan and Rebecca Hart Olander For 20 years, Perugia Press has published the best new woman poet each Read More
The Depressed Novelist’s Complaint
The Depressed Novelist’s Complaint, or How I Learned to Love the Gray By Jane Yolen Having just finished a major Holocaust novel for young adults,* I find myself at loose Read More
August 15, 2016
Meet Andrew Connelly, Straw Dog’s First Scholarship Recipient by Becky Jones Andrew Connelly was chosen by his teachers at the Easthampton High School as the recipient of the first Straw Read More
July 15, 2016
Notes from the Tunnels By Liz Bedell I spend most dawns curled up on the ratty old sofa in my study, trying to find the red thread of narrative. Some Read More
May 1, 2016
Writing Life By Jane Roy Brown My friend Martha had just retired, and we were having a typical conversation about what she wanted to do next. Martha ticked through a Read More
Listening to Other Voices By Ellen Meeropol
Listening to Other Voices Guest Blogger: Ellen Meeropol We read for so many reasons – to be entertained, to armchair-travel, to be goosed into other ways of thinking, to learn, Read More