Brenna Manuel’s childhood education began with reading Dick, Jane and Sally and ended with watching riots in Detroit. In 1971, she packed a large box and headed to the Northwest to see the Noguchi sculpture on the college campus. Her focus on academics waned, and she began visiting Indian reservations and canning beets. Nine yearsContinue reading “Brenna Manuel”
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Robert S. McCarthy
Robert S. McCarthy was raised in western Massachusetts and lived there for most of his life except for time in military service and graduate school. In the 1970s, he began freelance writing, initially writing video scripts and later articles for regional magazines. During the ensuing years, he also worked in house for regional manufacturers andContinue reading “Robert S. McCarthy”
Linda Warren
Linda Warren lives in Princeton, Massachusetts, where she writes, grows vegetables, fishes for trout, and watches birds, rivers, stars and dragonflies. Read Linda’s poem here: Great Blue Heron on the Swift River
Leslie Vogel
Leslie Vogel lives in Greenfield New Hampshire with her husband and partner, Fred Simmons. With their home organization, Folksoul Music, they have been bringing music of all kinds to the communities of the Monadnock Region and beyond for the past three decades. As a child she spent summers with her family at the back endContinue reading “Leslie Vogel”
Berith Arragh Hogan
Berith Arragh Hogan is a writer, a wife, and a mother raising her children alongside her husband in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Her first love in both reading and writing is realistic fiction, though she also very much appreciates the unique emotional outlet afforded by the personal essay. She is drawn to approaching personal essays withContinue reading “Berith Arragh Hogan”
Elaine Reardon
Elaine Reardon is a poet and herbalist. Her first chapbook, The Heart is a Nursery For Hope, won first honors from Flutter Press in 2016. Her second chapbook, Look Behind You, 2019, is about her family’s journey from immigration to assimilation. Most recently Elaine’s writing was published by Pensive Journal, Naugatuck Journal, and several anthologies. VisitContinue reading “Elaine Reardon”
Jennifer E. Tirrell
With over 25 years of voluntary sector experience, Jennifer E. Tirrell has worked alongside many wonderful individuals serving the underserved across the United States and beyond, as well as numerous community organizations. She has planned and facilitated women’s studies and retreats, worked with youth groups and currently keeps company with a wonderful group of middleContinue reading “Jennifer E. Tirrell”
Jesseca P. Timmons
Jesseca P. Timmons is a freelance writer, blogger, native New Englander, Air Force wife and mom of teenage boys living in the Monadnock Region. Her blog can be found at https://jesstimm.blogspot.com. View Jesseca’s writing on New England Memories: Agatha
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