Irene Sherlock
Irene Sherlock is associate director of publications and design at Western Connecticut State University and an adjunct lecturer in the writing department where she teaches undergraduate and graduate writing classes. She holds an M.A. in English from WCSU, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College and an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southern Connecticut State University.
Publications
| “Girls of Summer”(2010) | |
(essay) Press Pause Anthology |
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| “Washing my Mother’s Hair in the Hospital”(2010) | |
(essay) Dutiful Daughters, Anthology on Caretaking |
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“Single’s Dance” by Irene Sherlock is the first essay in a collection called “Single Woman of Certain Age” reissued by New World Library, 2009
More.com (Summer 2009)
"Story of my Hair"(Part 1)
"Story of my Hair" (Part 2)
"Story of my Hair" (Part 3)
More.com (Summer 2009)
"Learning to Love my Independence"
New York Times ("Modern Love")
“Husband and Wife at Dinner Party”
Melusine, 2009
“Winter Dies a Harsh Death in Connecticut”
“Enough” (poem)
Cream City Review, 1999
“My Cousin’s Journey with AIDS” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 1999
“Mangoes” (essay)
Cream City Review, 1999
“Bat Anatomy” (poem)
Connecticut Review, 1999
“The Accident” (poem)
Motherhood Anthology, 2000
“Calla Lilies” (essay)
Poem-Memoir-Story, 2001
“Instead” (poem)
Poetry Motel, 2001
“Slate Roof” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 2003
“Holding Ava” (poem)
Runes, 2003
“38” (poem) Slipstream, 2003
“How my WestConn Education Changed My Life” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 2003
“Aftermath” (poem)
Roux, 2004
“Equinox” (poem)
Tar Wolf Review, 2005
“Singles Dance” (essay)
Single Woman of a Certain Age, 2005, Inner Ocean Publishing
“Town Swap” (essay)
Modern Love, The New York Times, 2005
“Baseball” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Winter” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“I am the Aunt” (poem)
Miranda Literary Magazine, 2006
“The Lynching of 2005” (poem)
Miranda Literary Magazine, 2006
“September” (poem)
Miranda Literary Magazine, 2006
“Second Chances” (essay)
Fairfield Review, 2006
“The Year After My Divorce” (poem)
White Pelican, 2006
“Singles Dance” (essay) Anthology
“Women of a Certain Age,” Inner Ocean Publishing, 2006
“Gina’s Deli” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Dogs” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Bliss Nails”(essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Mailbox”(essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Winter” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 2007
“The Last Time I Saw My Brother Alive” (poem)
Connecticut Review, 2007
“The Last Time I Saw My Brother Alive”
Cloven Sphere, Anthology, 2007
“What You Reach for Determines your Future” (fiction)
Chataqua Literary Review, 2007
“A Woman’s Weight...” (essay)
News-Times Jill Magazine, 2007
“Wayne’s Learn-to-Drive” (play)
World Audience, 2007
“Town Swap” (essay)
Anthology “Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit, and Devotion,” 2007
“Losing Altitude”
Finalist in the 2007 Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Contest
“Girls of Summer” (essay)
Primavera, 2008
“Genesis” (poem)
Dos Passos Review, 2008
“Husband Wife at Dinner Party”
Melusine, 2009
“Singles Dance” (essay)
Single Woman of a Certain Age, 2005,
reissued by New World Library