Michele Herman

Michele won the first place prize for Best Column in the 2018 New York Press Association Better Newspaper Awards. Here's what the judges wrote: “Firmly rooted in local interest, the columns displayed the sense that the writer was willing to dive into the community, talk with anyone and everyone and distill [it all] into something with meaning — delightfully local, thoughtful collecting of expertise. … Great writing, great voice with high impact.” Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2020, 2021 and 2022. First novel, Save the Village, published by indie press Regal House Publishing in 2022, named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. Second chapbook, Just Another Jack: The Private Lives of Nursery Rhymes, published by Finishing Line Press, also in 2022.

Don’t overlook book readings for a good night out

I’m aware that some people cringe at the thought of attending a literary reading. Otherwise sophisticated people have even been known to sneer at the very term reading, particularly when prefaced with poetry, in that voice Giuliani used when he described Obama as a community organizer. But hear me out. Readings—prose, poetry or both; with […]

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