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Julie Marie Wade
Julie Marie Wade
Stephanie Strickland
Stephanie Strickland
Tony Trigilio
Tony Trigilio
Rafael Jesús González
Rafael Jesús González
Dennis Barone
Dennis Barone
Eileen R. Tabios
Eileen R. Tabios
Burt Kimmelman
Burt Kimmelman
Sheila Murphy
Sheila Murphy
Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze
Alfred Corn
Alfred Corn
Lynne Thompson
Lynne Thompson
Geoffrey O'Brien
Geoffrey O'Brien
Denise Duhamel
Denise Duhamel
Phillip Lopate
Phillip Lopate
Jason McCall
Jason McCall
Jane Hirshfield
Jane Hirshfield
Sandy McIntosh
Sandy McIntosh
Denise Low
Denise Low
David Lehman
David Lehman
Basil King
Basil King
Gail Newman
Gail Newman
Philip Clark
Philip Clark
Kim Shuck
Kim Shuck
Indigo Moor
Indigo Moor
Mary Mackey
Mary Mackey

ABOUT THE AUTHORS • WRITING INSIGHTS & PROMPTS • VIDEOS • PREVIEW TITLES

Titles in the Chapter One Series

Quest: A Writer's Journey
Quest: A Writer's Journey
Coming in fall 2025
Plan B: A Poet's Survivors Manual
Plan B: A Poet's Survivors Manual
On Becoming a Poet
On Becoming a Poet
The Inventor
The Inventor
Birth of The Best
Birth of The Best
Where Did Poetry Come From: Some Early Encounters
Where Did Poetry Come From: Some Early Encounters
Craft: A Memoir
Craft: A Memoir
Available at Amazon.com
CREATIVITY: Where Poems Begin
CREATIVITY: Where Poems Begin
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The Chapter One Project from Marsh Hawk Press features the memoirs of outstanding poets from diverse backgrounds, recalling the ways by which they found their start as writers. While creative writing programs seek to develop the talents of maturing writers, essential information about the development of the writing craft will be discovered in the early memoirs—the Chapter One’s—of established poets published in this series.

The Writer’s Craft in Real Life

Discover Our Chapter One Titles in an Exciting Video Introduction 

Learn about our Chapter One series of monthly essays, books and anthologies presenting the writer’s craft in real life.

Hear Mary Mackey, Julie Marie Wade, Sheila Murphy, and Tony Trigilio explain how they started as poets and why they’re enthusiastic about Chapter One.

 

https://chapter-one.marshhawkpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MH-Chapter-One-Books-intro-for-IPG-3.mp4

Marsh Hawk Press Artistic Advisory Board

Sandy McIntosh, Publisher

Toi Derricotte
Denise Duhamel
Marilyn Hacker
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
David Lehman
Alicia Ostriker
Andrew Levi
Anne Waldman
John Yau

In Memory of David Shapiro, Marie Ponsot, Robert Creeley, Paul Pines, Allan Kornblum, Rochelle Ratner, Corinne Robins, Claudia Carlson and Harriet Zinnes. 

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Praise for Books

PAUL PINES: Charlotte Songs

The great themes—like Love, Death and Family— have inspired masterpieces and, alas, Hallmark Cards. In Charlotte Songs, Paul Pines celebrates his daughter. But, if you want the Hallmark Card version of fatherhood, you’ve come to the wrong place. Pines gives us the full paradox of living with his child as she grows from toddler to young woman. Inventive, humorous, baffling and poignant.

— Dalt Wonk
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