Poet Elaine Fletcher Chapman took some time out of her busy AWP schedule to sit down and talk about her debut collection of poetry Hunger for Salt. We talked about mindfulness, nature and poetry, and the challenges of a debut collection.
About Elaine Fletcher Chapman:
Elaine Fletcher Chapman (formerly Elaine Walters McFerron) is the author of a volume of poems, Hunger for Salt to be published by Saint Julian Press in May 2017. She holds an MFA from The Bennington Writing Seminars, Bennington College where she has worked on the staff since 1999. For the last 38 years she has worked as a therapist in private practice. She also teaches iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation. She founded The Writer’s Studio where she teaches poetry and nonfiction, provides editing services and organizes Poetry Readings and Crossing Over Reading Retreats on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Her poems have been published in The Tishman Review, The EcoTheo Review, The Cortland Review, Connotation, The Sun, Calyx, Poet Lore, 5AM, Salamander, and others. She was guest blogger on The Best American Poetry Blog. Green River Press published her letterpress chapbook, Double Solitude. She lives mostly on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay in Newport News, Virginia.