The Writers Who Read series continues this week with author Michalle Gould. Who are you? I have been writing and publishing poetry for a long time and received my MFA in 2001 but am just now publishing my first book of poetry. The oldest poems in the book date all the way back to 1999! … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Rita Arens. Who are you? My name is Rita Arens, and I live in Kansas City, Missouri. I’m the author of the contemporary young adult novel THE OBVIOUS GAME and I edited a parenting anthology, SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK and co-edited a food writing anthology, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Kristi Belcamino. Who are you? Kristi Belcamino is a writer, photographer, and Italian mama who also bakes a tasty biscotti. In her former life, as an award-winning crime reporter at newspapers in California, she flew over Big Sur in an FA-18 jet with the Blue … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with author Andi Cumbo-Floyd. Who are you? I’m a writer, editor, writing teacher, and farmer who loves to sew, take slow walks, and enjoy my dear friends and family. My husband and I run a small farm in rural Virginia, where we raise goats, chickens, cats, and dogs … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with the lovely Gill Hoffs. Who are you? The one, the only, Giiiiiiiiiillllllll Ho-o-o-offfffffs! You’ll have to imagine the drumroll, cymbal clash, and ringmaster’s flourish with a whip. I was raised along the west coast of Scotland and now live in Warrington in the north-west of England … [Read more…]
This week the Writers Who Read series continues with Mick Harris. Who are you? I am a discrete unit who first wanted to be an archaeologist when I was six and wrote my first story from the perspective of King Tut’s heart scarab as it was stolen by tomb robbers in Ancient Egypt. I still … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Chrissy Kolaya. Who are you? I’m a poet and fiction writer, parent, and partner. I teach writing at a small university in rural Minnesota. My books are Any Anxious Body, a book of poems published by the fabulous Broadstone Books in spring 2014 and a … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Jenny Vinyl. Who are you? I’m a writer of short essays as well as history and memoirs about my family, though I’ve always enjoyed writing in many forms — fiction, creative non-fiction, and sometimes poetry, too. What are three beloved books you first read before the … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with novelist Nancy Slavin. Who are you? I’m a mom, writer, educator, editor and publisher, but not necessarily in that order. My literary novel, Moorings, came out in 2013 and I’ve got others in the works. People can find me at http://nancyslavin.com or on Twitter @NancySlavin1. What … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Tracy Manaster. Who are you? Tracy Manaster, author of the just-released YOU COULD BE HOME BY NOW. What are three beloved books you first read before the age of 12? Is it cheating too terribly much to list a series? Maude Hart Lovelace’s BETSY-TACY books are … [Read more…]