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Women Writers of the Diaspora: Patricia Spears Jones

Posted on November 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Arkansas-born Patricia Spear Jones lives and works in NYC as a poet, editor, anthologist, teacher and former program coordinator for the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church and the theater collective, Mabou Mines.  Continue reading →

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Workshop Wisdom By Miriam Kelly-Ferguson

Posted on August 16, 2011 by | 2 Comments

When I first conceived of a life as a fiction writer I began, naturally, to read fiction with an eye toward learning the craft.  I have always had an earth tongue. My imagination comes from a down home feeling that my grandmother and great-aunt kept alive in the family. Continue reading →

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