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my bio

I recently released a memoir called The Sky Begins at Your Feet about living through cancer and the community and environment that helped me.

I received my doctorate from the University of Kansas and was recently appointed the Poet Laureate of Kansas. The author of four poetry collections, I'm certified in poetry therapy and led workshops for many groups, including people living with physical and mental illness. In 2000, I founded the Master’s level program in Transformative Language Arts, that focuses on the effect of written and verbal language on the community, at Goddard College. My writer’s guide Write Where You Are is unique in that it is directed to teenage writers.

With singer/songwriter Kelley Hunt, I co-founded Brave Voices to provide singing and writing workshops. My songs have been performed by the Kelley Hunt band both in the United States and Europe. I also play the cello.

Along with my husband, writer Ken Lassman, and children, I call the countryside south of Lawrence, Kansas home.

my VN interview

• How did you get to where you are now?

  Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is the Poet Laureate of Kansas and the author of ten books, including her new memoir, The Sky Begins At Your Feet, and a new book of poetry, Landed. She founded Transformative Language Arts (Social and Personal Transformation through Writing, Storytelling, Performance and more) at Goddard College, where she teaches (www.goddard.edu), and she leads writing workshops widely. She also co-writes songs with singer Kelley Hunt, and leads Brave Voice writing and singing retreats. www.CarynMirriamGoldberg.com. www.BraveVoice.com.

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