The Witch on Yellowhammer Hill - Carla Martin-Wood

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Biographie:
Carla Martin-Wood has been a widely published poet since 1978. Recently retired from her career in the rat race world of advertising, she is relishing her newfound freedom. The author of seven full-length books of poetry prior to The Witch on Yellowhammer Hill, Carla's most recent collection was Eiswein (The Pink Petticoat Press, 2015). She has also authored eight chapbooks, most recently Season of Mists (The 99% Press, 2012). A copy of Carla's chapbook, Garden of Regret (Pudding House Publications Chapbook Series, 2009), resides in the Special Collections & University Archives at Stanford University. Carla's poems have appeared in a plethora of journals and numerous anthologies in the US, England, and Ireland since 1978. With a background of 13 years in theatre, she has performed her work from the hallowed University of The South at Sewanee to Greenwich Village. She has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize more than a dozen times, for Best of the Net twice, and is listed in Poets & Writers. Carla has been a lifelong political and social activist. Her current interests lie in human rights, preservation of the earth, universal healthcare and gun control.