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Articles by David Kelly-Hedrick

Writing a beacon as the world rushes by

By David Kelly-Hedrick | January 12, 2011

Raised in a small Hudson River town in New York during the 1960s, Lucia Perillo began her career working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after graduating from McGill University in Montreal in 1979 with a degree in Wildlife Management. She worked as a park ranger at Mount Rainier National Park before being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her 30s. She completed her M.A. in English at Syracuse University in 1986 and dedicated her life to teaching and writing. ...

Poetry, finding a place at the table

By David Kelly-Hedrick | March 17, 2009

I found Poetry Like Bread in the used section of Elliott Bay Books. I was drawn to the title and then was further intrigued by the subtitle, "Poets of the Political Imagination." Published first in 1994, Poetry honored the 20th anniversary of the founding of Curbstone Press (now more than 30 years old and still going strong!) and is a collection of mostly Latino/a politically active people and writers, with a smattering of others from the U.S. and elsewhere. ...