Molly Fisk

Molly Fisk was born in San Francisco, California. After earning her B.A. from Radcliffe College/Harvard University, and her M.B.A. from Simmons College Graduate School of Management, she began writing at the age of 35 and slid down the ladder of success until she happily reached the rung labeled "poet". She teaches writing at U.C. Davis Extension, Sierra Nevada Cancer Center, California Poets in the Schools, in her own living room, and through Poetry Boot Camp, her six-day intensive Internet poetry workshop (visit the 'Camper Blog' for an international perspective).

She also gives talks on subjects like creativity, the healing power of writing, and why worrying about your weight slows down the revolution. She writes weekly essays for the KVMR News Hour (89.5 FM, Nevada City, CA) and has published articles in Poets & Writers, AmericaWest's inflight magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, and Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Molly is the author of Listening to Winter, Terrain (with Dan Bellm and Forrest Hamer), and the letterpress chapbook Salt Water Poems. Molly has received fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, and the Marin Arts Council. She has won the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize in Poetry, the Billee Murray Denny Prize, and the National Writer's Union, Santa Cruz/Local 7 Prize.

Unfortunately, someone recently suggested that Molly's barely-begun collection of poems, Walking Wheel (about a pioneer family settling in 1870's California) should be a novel, so she is at home tearing out her hair. Molly does not want to be a novelist...she doesn't have the attention span for it.

Molly's Salon writings to date are:
 
Chicago Park
Rowing, November
Unwrapping the Last French Menstrual Napkin

Be sure to check out Molly's website at www.mollyfisk.com