There are feelings and longings we understand and accept in ourselves
only when we recognize them in someone else's words, words that would never
have been ours to speak until we saw them written out of someone else'sl
ife. Words come from another's experience in a place and in a time that
miraculously match our experience in our own place and time.
from "Dream Job: A Day in the Lifeof
a Resident Poet"
128 North 82nd Street, Seattle, WA 98103
Blue Heron Publishing
http://www.telport.com
Amazon.com has an author interview for me.
http://www.amazon.com/
Sheila Bender began her studies in writing poetry in Seattle, WA where
she eventually received an MA in Creative Writing in l982. She has taught
creative writing in the NW, CA, and AZ as a guest writer-in- residence and
a visiting teacher in university and continuing education settings.
Writing Personal Poetry, Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati, OH, forthcomingJanuary
l999.
Writingin
a New Convertible with the Top Down: A Unique Guide for Writers, co-authored
with Christi Killien, Blue Heron Publishing, Inc. Hillsboro,OR, l997 ISBN
0-936085-38-X
The Writer's Journal: 40 Contemporary Writers and Their Journals, Dell
Publishing, NYC, NY l997, ISBN 0-385-31510-4
WritingPersonal
Essays: How to Shape Your Life Experiences for the Page, Writers' Digest
Books, Cincinnati, OH, l995, ISBN 1-89879-665-2
LoveFrom
the Coastal Route, selected poems, Duckabush Press, Seattle, WA1991,
ISBN 0-9629557-1-X (OUT OF PRINT)
I co-founded The Poem and the World, a literary anthology publishingt
he poetry of Seattle and her sister cities worldwide. I was the first curator
for Seattle's Metro Bus Company's Poetry Bus Project in l992. I have recently
participated on and led author panels for Bookfest NW.
I reviewed books regularly for The Seattle Times from 1995-1996.
I currently review books for Poet Lore in Bethesda, MD and for The Worldin
Boston.
My poetry appears most recently in Raven Chronicles, Paper Boat, Floating
Bridges Anthology, The World, and Crab Creek Review. |
