Virtual Poetry Book Launch!

Join Straw Dog Writers Guild members and poets Edward Doyle-Gillespie and Trisha Leigh Shufelt for the virtual book launch of their new books of poetry!

Each poet will read from their new chapbook followed by conversation and audience questions.

Please register for this event HERE.

Doyle-Gillespie is a Baltimore City poet and writer. He holds a BA in History from George Washington University, and a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University. His poems are drawn from his world travel, and his work in education, and law enforcement. He served as a Baltimore City police officer for 19 years, working in patrol, operations, intelligence, and instruction. He currently teaches English at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women.

These poems represent his fascination with history and culture, and how those forces play roles in the most intimate parts of our lives. He gathers the raw material of the human condition as he travels the globe, reads, teaches, and learns. His books of poetry include Masala Tea and Oranges, On the Later Addition of Sancho Panza, Socorro Prophecy, Gentrifying the Plague House, Aerial Act, and Father of the Red Grotto Used Bookstore. His most recent title is The Slow Lament of Dying Ice.

He lives in Baltimore, with his wife, a wee bairn, and one rather rotund guinea pig. In his free time, he enjoys reading, martial arts, a hearty primal workout, and a proper cup of green tea. https://edoylegillespie.com/

Trisha Leigh Shufelt is an award-winning confessional/narrative poet and artist. Her books are available online, in bookshops, and her work has been featured in several magazines and poetry anthologies. Notably, her poetry book, The Ghosts of Nevermore-Poetry, Prose, and Short Stories Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe was the winner of a 2023 Saturday Visiter (yes, it is spelled that way) Award from the Poe House & Museum of Baltimore, MD.

Her most recent poetry collection through Kelsay Books, Thundering on the Pink is now available through their website and online. Trisha’s latest books Inside a Lemon Moon, and In Pieces, as well as others published by Art in Soul are available wherever online books are sold.

She is also the author and artist behind the Poe Tarot and the Everglow Divination System through Schiffer Publishing. You can find out more about her at thepoetrymoth.com or trishaleighpoetry.com.