Where the Veil Grows Thin - with guest Gloria Heffernan

Recently I shared the poem "Proxy" by Gloria Heffernan. Join me now in listening to my conversation with her about the way grief and loss have helped her learn the importance of being a peaceful presence in the world.

About this episode of Where the Veil Grows Thin:

Gloria Heffernan is the author of the poetry collection, What the Gratitude List Said to the Bucket List (New York Quarterly Books) and Exploring Poetry of Presence: A Companion Guide for Readers, Writers, and Workshop Facilitators (Back Porch Productions). She has also written two chapbooks, Some of Our Parts (Finishing Line Press), and Hail to the Symptom, (Moonstone Press).

Gloria’s work has appeared in over 100 journals including Chautauqua Literary Journal, Presence, Columbia Review, Stone Canoe, The Healing Muse, and Yale University’s The Perch. She has been a Pushcart nominee, and a finalist in the Grayson Poetry Chapbook Contest, a finalist in the Naugatuck River Review’s Narrative Poetry Contest, and winner of Third Wednesday’s One Sentence Poetry Contest. She holds an M.A. from New York University and teaches at Le Moyne College and the Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse, New York. Gloria serves as copy editor for Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry and served for two years as an assistant poetry editor for Stone Canoe. She is also a workshop facilitator with a focus on poetry as a spiritual practice.

Learn more about Gloria at her website -- https://gloriaheffernan.wordpress.com/

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