Eva Thomson, Founder of Thomson Financial, Northampton, Hampshire County resident and member of Straw Dog. Two years ago Eva sold her firm to younger professionals. Released from the relentless demands of entrepreneurship Eva is now nurturing the other half of her brain with words, art, movement, nature, quiet and beauty. Grateful for What Wasn’t As Read More
Pandemic
Virus of Happenstance by Diane Rachele
Diane Rachele, poet and writer, is a longtime resident of Hampshire County in western Massachusetts. She’s a member of Straw Dog Writers Guild (SDWG) and the Florence Poets Society with recent work published in SDWG’s Compass Roads, edited by Jane Yolen, and in Silkworm 11 and Silkworm 12, Annual Reviews. Virus of Happenstance It was Read More
Current Times by Eileen P. Kennedy
Eileen P. Kennedy’s Banshees (Flutter Press, 2015) was nominated for a Pushcart and awarded Second Prize from the Wordwrite Books Award in Poetry. Her second collection, Touch My Head Softly, is due out from Finishing Line Press in 2021. She has published in more than 25 literary journals. More at EileenPKennedy.com. Current Times When this Read More
Dreams in the Age of Covid19 by Ruth Flohr, M.A.
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
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