Poet, writer and teacher Pat Schneider has passed on. She left a remarkable body of work, and over many decades, as the visionary founder of Amherst Writers & Artists, she taught and helped and otherwise influenced uncounted writers and poets. Read her obituary here.
Back when I was editing the bilingual journal Tameme, Noemí Escandell sent me her lovely translation of Pat’s poem, “How to Tell a Daughter.” It appeared in the third and final issue, “Reconquest/ Reconquista,” published in 2003. In tribute to Pat, here it is:
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My favorite book of Pat’s, and which I warmly recommend to my writing workshop students, is How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice.
Bon voyage, dear Pat. May your works shine on.
In Memorium:
William C. Gruben and his “Animals in the Arts in Texas”