Poet in the South
Maureen Sherbondy was interviewed on NPR's The State of Things (WUNC) by Frank Statio.
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Oct.06.2010 - 9:09 am
Camp
220 words
A child is homesick. On the fifth day, he sneaks out of his cabin and wanders through the woods, beyond the picnic tables and the gazebo. When he reaches the...
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Sep.11.2010 - 3:34 pm
That Day
1. Today
The sun is still out
as if nothing has happened,
an ordinary September day,
leaves remain intact on so many green trees
but the leaves appear black, burned...
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May.19.2010 - 11:16 am
Over the last month I have read 12 books, written three essays, and had very little time to do much of anything else. Few poems have been written, no stories at all. Why? I'm...
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Mar.18.2010 - 1:52 pm
My father passed away two weeks ago. Shock. That's what I felt. I could not wrap my head around death, around the concept of my father not existing anymore. I walked around not...
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The Bees
Published Reviews
Dec.07.2009
Published by NewPages.com
My poetry workshop recently concluded all poems are about loss. To a certain extent, all stories are too. Maureen Sherbondy’s short stories in The Slow Vanishing definitely follow...
About Maureen
Maureen Sherbondy grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey, and now resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and three sons. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications, including European Judaism, Calyx, Feminist Studies, 13th Moon, Cairn,...
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Causes Maureen Sherbondy Supports
North Carolina Writers' Network, Temple Beth Or, North Carolina Poetry Society
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