CNY Branch Pen Women Respond to Schweinfurth Art Center Quilt Show with Short Poems
The Central New York Branch of the NLAPW once again teamed with the Schweinfurth Art Center to create conversations around art and writing, writers responding to the International Quilt Show at the Art Center. Janet Fagal coordinated the Pen Women's responses to the quilt art with Schweinfurth Program Director Davana Robedee. During the month of December 2021, the Schweinfurth will post one quilt and the short ekphrastic poem inspired by the quilt (either a haiku, Tanka, or v
Sheila Myers' New Novel to be Released April 2022
Pen Woman Sheila Myers' latest novel, titled The Truth of Who You Are, will be released by the publisher Black Rose Writing in April 2022. Set during the dawn of the Great Depression and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, the novel follows Ben Taylor, a young man growing up in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. A synopsis of Myers' novel follows: when the Great Depression casts a pall on the economy, Ben takes work with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the now
Bobbie Dumas Panek Creates Ode to Pen Woman
Bobbie Dumas Panek created an original, humorous "Ode to Nancy Dafoe" poem that was featured on the NLAPW website. The ode was written in recognition of the out-going CNY Branch President. Dafoe was "honored and taken aback by such a sweet tribute that is also such fun," she said. Panek's ode follows: Ode to Nancy Dafoe Nancy Dafoe-- you rock and roll. Thank you for all of your time, generally, my poems don't rhyme. You are gracious and kind; your creativity--sublime. You hav
