Don Herzberg

Don Herzberg, who has lived in Vermont since 1980, is a retired doctor with an MFA in poetry writing. He has self-published his book Dancing on Earth and two books coupling his poetry with his wife’s artwork. His chapbook, The Things She Said, has been published by Red Bird Chapbooks.

Regarding the book, Don says, "A few years ago I realized I was frequently quoting my mother’s sayings in my own day-to-day life. I thought I might be able to bring what that meant into clearer focus by including each of the remembered sayings into a poem and put those together into a short book."

Jeannie Lindheim

Jeannie has taught acting, movement, improvisation, auditioning, and creativity for over 30 years at many educational institutions, including Boston College, The Boston Conservatory, Antioch College, and more. In 1996, she traveled to Russia with Patch Adams. Upon her return, she founded the Hearts and Noses Hospital Clown Troupe. Jeannie wrote The Art & Joy of Hospital Clowning Training Program, which sold in 23 countries and has wonderful reviews on Amazon.
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Ammini Moorthy

Ammini Moorthy is a retired Emeritus Professor of Biology, resides in Grantham, New Hampshire. After taking two memoir-writing courses through Osher, during COVID isolation, she wrote her own memoir, Immigrant Transformed: From the Land of Coconuts to the Big Apple. The author narrates the inspiring story of one woman’s journey from rural India to urban America and all the challenges and transformation she faced to become part of this nation. Her words simultaneously reveals three different stories—one of a courageous and remarkable woman, one of a dynamic family connected by love across continents, and one of a country that thrives when openness is embraced.

Dena Romero

Dena Rueb Romero graduated from Brandeis University and received an MA in English from the University of Virginia and an MSW from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. Her essay about German citizenship appeared in a book about reclaiming German citizenship.

All for You: A World War II Family Memoir of Love, Separation and Loss chronicles the life of a German Jewish man who falls in love with a Lutheran woman. Hitler’s racial purity laws prohibit them from marrying, so the woman goes to England, and a year later the man sails to New York. A professional photographer, he gets a job in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1939. He tries to get his family out of Germany, his fiancée from England, and to survive himself. All for You: A World War II Family Memoir of Love, Separation and Loss is her first full-length book.

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Anne Shivas

A poet and teacher of Scottish literature, Anne’s poems have received several awards, been placed in competitions, and published in journals in Israel, Scotland, and New Zealand. She received an MFA in poetry from Drew University in 2011. Her poem, An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, was chosen as one of the 20 Best Scottish poems of 2017. Her translation into Scots language of The New Colossus, the sonnet on the Statue of Liberty, was part of a translation project of the American Jewish Historical Society.

In 2017 Anne Shivas published her first collection of poems, Whit Grace. Whit Grace was formed over 20 years from a life that took her from Jerusalem, Israel during the first Gulf war, to a rhythmic rural life in Vermont, with long spells spent in North Berwick, Scotland. More information can be found at her website http://www.anneshivas.com