Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Jovonna Van Pelt on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Jo is the author of “Unrelated Questions” a gorgeous book of poetry published in 2019, and her endearing book of Christmas Stories, “Merry and Bright,” was published last fall. Over the
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Joy Baglio on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Joy Baglio is the founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, a literary arts organization offering writing workshops based in Northampton MA and virtually. Her short stories are widely published and forthcoming in
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Morgan Sheehan on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Morgan Sheehan is a writer, teacher and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner. She’s a published poet, essayist and produced playwright. You can find her working on her new YA novel, scrawling anecdotes about
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Suzanne Strempek Shea on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Suzanne Strempek Shea grew up in a small Polish-American Western Massachusetts village, dreaming of becoming a horse trainer or an artist. Her first published writing was a newspaper she handwrote and
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Astrid Lindstrom on Thursday, June 26th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Astrid Lindstrom is a retired public school English teacher, who advised middle and high school literary magazines, took students to a writers’ conference in Middlebury, Vermont, coordinated shared memoir writing between seventh
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writers Marty Dobrow and Missy-Marie Montgomery on Thursday, May 15th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Missy-Marie Montgomery is a poet, an artist, and a recently retired professor of English at Springfield College. Her poetry has been published in more than two dozen journals, including
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Regine Jackson on Thursday, April 17th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Regine Jackson is a writer based in Springfield, Massachusetts, specializing in writing stories across horror, speculative, and fantasy genres. Additionally, she explores themes of mental health, the effects of inner-city life and
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Rick Parr on Thursday, March 20 from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Rick Paar is a psychologist. For thirty-five years he taught a variety of course ranging from Theories of Personality (a lot of first year students) to Group Therapy (masters and doctoral students). He
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present poet Janet MacFadyen on Thursday, February 20 from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Janet MacFadyen’s third full-length collection, State of Grass, was released February 2024 by Salmon Poetry. Honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, a 7-month Fine Arts Work Center fellowship in Provincetown, and a
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild, Longmeadow Adult Center, and The Storrs Library present Pete Nelson, writer of stories, novels, and song lyrics on Thursday, January 16, 6:45 at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Peter Nelson was born in 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He received his MFA in poetry from
