Heart So Open, Soul So Wide

Heart So Open, Soul So Wide: Tributes to Pat Schneider Countless writers around the world have been transformed by the work of Pat Schneider and the Amherst Writers & Artists method of writing that she pioneered. Some of her admirers decided it was high time for a collection that honors Pat and her brilliance. With Pat's somewhat hesitant blessing, we put out a call for entries. Heart So Open, Soul So Wide is the result. It contains a wide variety of poems, essays, stories, and even emails that vividly describe how Pat and her work have touched so many lives. Some of the authors were present at the birth of Amherst Writers & Artists. Others came to know Pat and the method more recently. All of the contributors believe in the vision that Pat communicates and teaches so well: "Above all else, the AWA method is about building community. We need to have a shared life." Contents include: In This One, You Are Strength (by Christine Barbetta) This Writing Life: A Tribute to Pat Schneider (by Patricia Bender) Splendid Trinity (by Sixth Month, First Day (by Noelle Bickle) In This One You Are ...the Inimitable Pat Schneider (by Clare Bolton) Add an Imagined Character (by Marian Calabro) The Soul So Wide (by Diana Cawfield) "Don't Lose Your Tropic Voice" (by Stephanie Curry); You Made Us Write. You Made Us Writers (by Terry de Grace-Morris) Catalyst for Change (by Theresa Dekker) Poem for Pat or On Being in the Famous Living Room at 77 McClellan Street (by Anne Dellenbaugh) The Book of Eail: Chapter Two (by Court Dorsey); June 2nd on the East Coast (by Annie Fahy) Thursday Workshop (by Diane Garey) Jail Break (by Lane Goddard) Cracking Open (by Jan Haag) No More Grey (by Jude Heather) Inspiration (by Dorothea Helms) Open Book (by Dorothea Helms) Seven Bi-Valve Dispositions (by Joan Hofmann) Visiting (by Joan Hofmann) The Heart So Open (by Maureen Buchanan Jones) By Lynn Bay, Alaska, 1955 (by Donald Junkins) Reading unto Sleep (by Donald Junkins) Wanda (by Sharleen Kapp) In This One... (by Grace King) How I Came to Lead Writing Workshops & Change My Life (by Patricia Lee Lewis) Tribute to a Wordslady (by Sherry Loeffler) Soft as Falling Feathers (by Janis McCallen) Dear Pat, Patty, Patricia...Pat (by Sally Moore) When I Met You for the First Time... (by M ire O'Donohoe) What a Difference an Ad Made (by Al Perry) Writing with the Unicorn (by Sue Reynolds) The Name of a Story (by Gwynn Scheltema) Dizzy on the Water (by Adele Simmons) Facing Pain (by What Helps (by Daphne Slocombe); Dear Pat (by Robin Therrien) Validation Is Power: A Scene from the Inkslingers Retreat Spring 2011 (by Ruth E.Walker) A Shared Life (by Joan Marie Wood); Short Biographies of Contributors; Pat Schneider A Brief Biography Pat Schneider: Selected Bibliography