Straw Dog Writers Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present author Ellen Meeropol for A Writer’s Night on Thursday, June 11th from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Ellen Meeropol is the author of six novels, Sometimes an Island, The Lost Women of Azalea Court, Her Sister’s Tattoo, Kinship of Clover, On Hurricane Island, and House Arrest, and guest editor for the anthology Dreams
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Joy Deva Baglio for A Writer’s Night on Thursday, May 14th from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Joy Deva Baglio is a writer of speculative-literary fiction and the founder of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, based in Northampton MA (and virtually). Her
Straw Dog Writers Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present poet Janet Aalfs for A Writer’s Night on Thursday, April 9th from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Janet E. Aalfs, former poet laureate of Northampton, MA, is a Jian Mei Tai Chi/ Qigong chief instructor, an 8th degree black belt, and the founder and director of Lotus
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Peter J. Newland for A Writer’s Night on Thursday, March 12 from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter J Newland formed the Springfield, MA rock band FAT in 1969. FAT released albums on RCA and their own Dream Merchant Records and
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present author Jovonna Van Pelt on Thursday, February 12 from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Jovonna Van Pelt has stories to share: funny stories, difficult stories, personal revelations, and casual observations of life. She has been a featured reader for Straw Dog Writers Guild, Poets at Large,
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Joy Baglio on Thursday, March 12 from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Joy Deva Baglio is a writer of speculative-literary fiction and the founder of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, based in Northampton MA (and virtually). Her short stories appear widely in
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Linda Cardillo on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. LINDA CARDILLO is an award-winning author of historical fiction and historical romance who writes about the old country and the new, the tangle and embrace of family, and finding courage in the
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
