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Joan Gelfand
About The Author
Author of three volumes of poetry and an award-winning chapbook of short fiction, Joan Gelfand was a finalist in the International Book Awards for her novel Extreme. You Can Be a Winning Writer: The 4 C’s System to Author Success: Craft, Commitment, Community & Confidence is an Amazon #1 bestseller.
The Ferlinghetti School of Poetics, a film based on Joan’s poem about Lawrence Ferlinghetti, was featured in over twenty international film festivals and won several awards. A beloved teacher and mentor, Joan is President Emeritus of the Women’s National Book Association and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Joan holds a BA from San Francisco State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College.
Joan’s work appears in over 150 lit mags, journals, and magazines including Huffington Post, LA Review of Books, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Levure Littéraire. For more information about her work, visit https://joangelfand.com
Joan lives in San Francisco with her husband Adam Hertz.
The Ferlinghetti School of Poetics, a film based on Joan’s poem about Lawrence Ferlinghetti, was featured in over twenty international film festivals and won several awards. A beloved teacher and mentor, Joan is President Emeritus of the Women’s National Book Association and a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Joan holds a BA from San Francisco State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College.
Joan’s work appears in over 150 lit mags, journals, and magazines including Huffington Post, LA Review of Books, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Levure Littéraire. For more information about her work, visit https://joangelfand.com
Joan lives in San Francisco with her husband Adam Hertz.
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