Margaret/Maggie Stetler

Poet

Winchester, VA
Virginia US
Email: 
magpoet@verizon.net

Author's Bio

I am happy to have survived my parents’ ‘50s divorce;a 20-year separation from my father; and moving to 17 houses by the time I was 17. I am an advocate for the mentally ill and abused, and champion the creative arts as a means to heal and transform broken lives. A refugee from 9/11 NYC, I now lives in Winchester, VA in the Shenandoah Valley, where I am a Quaker; a Reiki practitioner; a creativity workshop leader; and a substitute teacher in the city's schools.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Gathered: Contemporary Quaker Poets (Sundress Publications, 2015)
Book:
The Naming of the Soul (Four Zoas, 1980)
Journals:
Kosmos
,
Pegasus Dreaming
,
Small Pond Magazine
,
Telephone
,
West Wind Review
,
Womanchild
Prizes won: 

Finalist in Pearl Poetry Prize contest
Front Royal Voices, Poetry, 2nd Place

Recent Journals: Buddhist Poetry Review; Sow's Ear Poetry Review; Friends Journal; Pearl; Undertow Tanka; Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing; Stone Highway Review; Autumn Sky Poetry Forum.

Exhibits: Poetry & drawings have hung in AhQ Floating Gallery in Soho; City Island Art Gallery, NYC; "Art Inspiring Art,Shenandoah Arts Council,VA;

Readings: Donnell Library, NYC; Tompkins Square Library, NYC; Provincetown Playhouse, NYC; Queens College, NYC; Queens Historical Society, NYC;Shenandoah Arts Council, VA; 1,000 Poets for Change,VA; "Virginia Monologues," Blue Ridge Council on the Arts, VA

Teaching/Workshops/Service: "Finding Your Own Voice," Viscardi School of Continuing Education;Long Island, NY.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Children, Illness/Wellness
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Washington
Raised in: 
DC, PA, MD, FL, VA, NJ
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Last update: Dec 09, 2016