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D M Gordon,
Phi Beta Kappa, M.M. from Boston University, is the poetry editor for the
Patchwork Journal. She works as a consultant and freelance editor,
but foremost she is a writer, currently working on short stories, a novel,
and publishing a poetry manuscript. Diana has recently been a
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Finalist both in fiction and
poetry, and is the past winner of the Hampshire Life Short Fiction
Contest. Diana’s upcoming publications include work in Northwest
Review, The California Quarterly, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet,
and New England Watershed Magazine.
Mark Zeller
is an experienced playwright, actor and director, and has taught at
numerous universities and conservatories, including New York University
School of the Arts, the National Shakespeare Conservatory, American
Conservatory Theatre, and the San Francisco Playwrights Horizons. He has
appeared on and off Broadway, in such productions as “Fiddler on the Roof”
and “Freud-A One Man Play.” He has much experience working with poets and
writers, strengthening their vocal and textual habits for a more effective
delivery of written work.
Jacqueline Sheehan, Ph.D., is the author of Truth, based on
the life of Sojourner Truth, published in 2003 by Free Press, and Lost
and Found, published by Avon.
Jacqueline is the editor of the anthology, Women Writing in Prison,
published in 2005. She is also the fiction editor for Patchwork Journal
for 2006. She teaches yoga at international writing retreats in the United
Kingdom and Ireland with Patricia Lee Lewis. Yoga has been a sustaining
and inspiring part of her life for over 20 years. Read more about
Jacqueline at
www.jacquelinesheehan.com.
Celia Jeffries, MA
Brandeis, MFA, Lesley, has an extensive background in education,
journalism and publishing. She is an Amherst Writers and Artists Affiliate
and led workshops in the Boston area for over six years before moving to
Western Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in several publications,
including Writers Chronicle and the anthology Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper.
Celia has served as managing editor of Patchwork Journal and has offered
workshops in the Writer-in-Residence program at Forbes Library. Read more
about Celia at
www.celiajeffries.com.
David Lovelace is a poet and memoirist, who wrote with the
acclaimed “Splinter Group” for nearly a decade. His poetry has been
nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won mention in Patterson Review’s Allen
Ginsburg Award. His new memoir, Scattershot, will be released in the fall,
2008 by Dutton Press.
Suzanne Strempek Shea is the author of five
novels, including Selling the Lite of Heaven, Hoopi Shoopi Donna
and Becoming Finola, and two memoirs, Songs From a Lead-lined
Room, and Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama and Other Page-Turning
Adventures From a Year in a Bookstore. Her third memoir, Sundays
in America, will be published in 2008 by Beacon Press. She is the
winner of the 2000 New England Book Award, and a member of the faculty at
the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast MFA program.
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