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 Years” and co-authoring “Faces of Wendell: An Oral History.” I am not a Straw Dog Writers Guild Member. Franklin County. Dreams in the Age of Read More
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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, Coalescence, won a New England Book Festival honorable mention. Plunge, her second collection, begins in World War II Italy. ww.terrysjohnsonpoet.com. New England Swamp Trail Early 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, which won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Feature Film in 2017. She lives in Northampton. 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 fine chair that comes with it, which he sits in much more than he used to. The Smell of Mice March, 2020 My wife implores 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 for writing and was accepted to Bread Loaf Writing Conference in 2018, for fiction. Member Straw Dog Writers and SCBWI. Relying upon I rely on 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 Mew Prize for Odd Mercy, the Narrative Poetry Prize from Naugatuck River Review, and the Massachusetts Center for the Book’s “Must Read” for Waving Back. 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 for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and his books include memoir, fiction, poetry, essays, political satire, and photography. JohnSheirer.com. Fever Cabin Author’s note: This is an 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 her work has been published in America and Lilith magazines and the journal, Presence. Kaufman appears regularly at the open mic, IWOW. Chambers The heart 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 in The Republican, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Journal Register, Early American Life, Southwoods Magazine, and other publications. Pandemic Ponderings Twice a day with metronomic 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 Review, Salamander, Brilliant Corners, and many others. His first full-length collection of poems, Break Every String, was published by Hedgerow Books in 2016. www.joshuamichaelstewart.com A Read More