Background
Sholl, Betsy was born on June 12, 1945 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Daughter of John S. and Beatrice S. Neary.
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Sholl, Betsy was born on June 12, 1945 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Daughter of John S. and Beatrice S. Neary.
Bachelor, Bucknell University, 1967. Master of Arts, University Rochester, New York, 1969. Master of Fine Arts, Vermont College, Montpelier, 1989.
Instructor creative writing Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1971-1976, University Southern Maine, Portland, since 1983. Member Master of Fine Arts faculty Vermont College, Montpelier, since 1993. Poet-in-schools, Big Stone Gap, Virginia and Maine, 1976-1996, prison teacher, Coeburn, Virginia.
Co-op member Alice James Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1986.
( "A remarkable celebration of life as it is lived This ...)
( Late Psalm takes themes from those ancient songs of joy...)
( Winner of the 1991 Associated Writing Programs' Award S...)
Board directors Wayside Evening Soup Kitchen, Portland, Maine, 1983-1997, volunteer teacher various community groups, since 1983.
Married John Douglas Sholl, June 17, 1967. Children: John Matthew, Hannah Elizabeth.