Marsha Mathews

Poet

Dalton, GA
Georgia US

Author's Bio

Marsha (Caddell) Mathews, Ph.D., 1987, English, M.Div., 1996, Theology, is an author and an educator. An excerpt from her novel, “More than a Mess of Greens,” appears in The Broad River Review. Her first book of poems, Northbound Single-Lane follows a single mother who leaves behind all she knows, except for her children, and heads north (Finishing Line Press, 2010). Her second book, love poems, Sunglow & A Tuft of Nottingham Lace, was published by Red Berry Editions, 2011. Her third book of poems, Hallelujah Voices, set in Appalachia, draws from Marsha’s experience as an Ordained Pastor in the 1990s (Aldrich Press, 2012). Each book is available at amazon.com Marsha’s work appears in literary magazines and quarterlies, such as Appalachian Heritage, Fourth River, Greensboro Review, Kansas Quarterly, Inkwell, Pembroke, Raleigh Review, Relief: A Christian Literary Expression, and Third Wednesday. Marsha has poems in Indie-notable anthologies, Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire, www.fearlessbooks.com and Child of my Child: Poems and Stories for Grandparents, www.LiteraryEnterprises.com. Marsha is a member on the Board of Directors of the Chattanooga Writers Guild and a member of Georgia Writers Association. Marsha is an Associate Professor at Dalton State College and the advisor for the campus literary magazine, Tributaries.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Child of My Child: Poems and Stories for Grandparents (Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises, 2011)
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Touching Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire (Fearless Books, 2011)
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Zeus Seduces the Wicked Stepmother in the Saloon of the Gingerbread House: Myth, Fairy Tale & Legend for the 21st Century (Winterhawk Press, 2008)
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1 in 3 Women with Cancer Confront an Epidemic (Cleis Press, 1991)
Book:
Sunglow & A Tuft of Nottingham Lace (Red Berry Editions, 2011)
Chapbooks:
Hallelujah Voices (Aldrich Press, 2012)
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Northbound Single-Lane (Finishing Line Press, 2010)
Journals:
Apalachee Quarterly
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Cache Review
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CrossCurrents
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Cube Literary Magazine
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Intro 13
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Kansas Quarterly
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Kentucky Poetry Review
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Ohio Journal
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Oyez Review
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Pembroke Magazine
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Samisdat
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The Panhandler
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The Windless Orchard
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Third Wednesday
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Tributaries
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Voices International
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Xanadu
Prizes won: 

Marsha’s Sunglow & A Tuft of Nottingham Lace won the Red Berry Editions 2011 Chapbook Award. Her poem “Pastor Visits Parishioner” was a finalist in the 2011 Rash Awards and published in The Broad River Review. Silas House selected Marsha’s novel excerpt “More than a Mess of Greens” as one of the top three finalists for the 2012 Rash Awards.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Lightered by Van K. Brock, Blue Trajectory by Janelle Elyse Kihlstrom, Serena by Ron Rash

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
St. Petersburg
Raised in: 
St. Petersburg, FL
Florida
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Last update: Nov 14, 2018