Shelley Savren

email: poets@jetlink.net
website:  http://www.shelleysavren.com

Shelley Savren's book, The Common Fire , was published by Red Hen Press in 2004.     Her work has been widely published in literary magazines, including Solo , Prairie Schooner and Bridges .   Her awards include first place in the 1994 John David Johnson Memorial Poetry Award and a nomination for a Pushcart Prize.   She is the recipient of nine California Arts Council Artist in Residence grants, two National Endowment for the Arts regional grants, and three artist fellowships from the City of Ventura.   Ms. Savren holds an M.F.A. from Antioch University Los Angeles and has taught poetry writing workshops at a maximum security men's prison, juvenile detention centers, a homeless shelter, a school for emotionally disturbed adolescents and numerous other facilities and at every grade level through the California Poets in the Schools.   She lives in Ventura, California with her husband, poet Elijah Imlay, and teaches writing full-time at Oxnard College.

 

 

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