The Writers Who Read series continues this week with poet Karen Skolfield. Who are you? I’m Karen Skolfield, poet. My book Frost in the Low Areas won the 2014 PEN New England Award in poetry. I’m also Karen Skolfield, mom, wife, teacher, veteran, hockey coach. Of those, it’s the “mom” label that’s been most surprising. … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer and activist Shelley Ettinger. Who are you? I’m Shelley Ettinger. I’m a longtime activist in the LGBTQ movement and in anti-racist, anti-war and union struggles. I began writing creatively about 15 years ago; since then my poetry and short fiction have been published in dozens of … [Read more…]
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 YA author Amy Kathleen Ryan. Who are you? I am Amy Kathleen Ryan, author of the young adult Sky Chasers series, which has been published in over a dozen languages, and also the contemporary YA novels Vibes and Zen and Xander Undone. What are three beloved … [Read more…]
This is the first interview in the new Writers Who Read series. Click here if you’d like to read more about this series. Who are you? I’m Abby Chew. I grew up in beautiful Putnam County, Indiana along Big Walnut Creek. I studied English at DePauw Univeristy and earned my MFA from the Iowa Writers’ … [Read more…]