Irene Sherlock holds an M.A. in English from WCSU, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College and an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southern Connecticut State University. In addition to her work as a book editor and writing coach, she is a substance abuse counselor in Danbury, Connecticut.
Publications
“What We All Say” (poem)(2012)
Alimentum
“Tapas” (poem)(2012)
Alimentum
“Wrangler” (poem)(2012)
Alimentum
“Equinox” (2011)
Finishing Line Books
http://www.finishinglinepress.com
“Cat Fight” (poem)(2012)
Eclipse Literary Magazine
“How I got over not having a middle name” (poem)(2012)
Eclipse Literary Magazine
“Trouble” (poem)(Spring-Summer 2011)
Poet Lore
‘Never bend down to kiss a dog’ (poem)(Spring-Summer 2011)
Poet Lore
“Girls of Summer” (essay)
Press Pause Anthology (2010)
http://www.presspausemoments.com/
“Washing my mothers’ hair in the hospital”(2011)
(essay) “This is the Way We Say Goodbye
http://www.feministpress.org/books/way-we-say-goodbye
“Single’s Dance” by Irene Sherlock is the first essay in a collection called “Single Woman of Certain Age” reissued by New World Library, 2009
More.com (Summer 2009)
“Story of my Hair”(Part 1)
“Story of my Hair” (Part 2)
“Story of my Hair” (Part 3)
More.com (Summer 2009)
“Learning to Love my Independence”
New York Times (“Modern Love”)
“Husband and Wife at Dinner Party”
Melusine, 2009
“Winter Dies a Harsh Death in Connecticut”
“Enough” (poem)
Cream City Review, 1999
“My Cousin’s Journey with AIDS” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 1999
“Mangoes” (essay)
Cream City Review, 1999
“Bat Anatomy” (poem)
Connecticut Review, 1999
“The Accident” (poem)
Motherhood Anthology, 2000
“Calla Lilies” (essay)
Poem-Memoir-Story, 2001
“Instead” (poem)
Poetry Motel, 2001
“Slate Roof” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 2003
“Holding Ava” (poem)
Runes, 2003
“38″ (poem)
Slipstream, 2003
“How my WestConn Education Changed My Life” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 2003
“Aftermath” (poem)
Roux, 2004
“Equinox” (poem)
Tar Wolf Review, 2005
“Singles Dance” (essay)
Single Woman of a Certain Age, 2005, Inner Ocean Publishing
“Town Swap” (essay)
Modern Love, The New York Times, 2005
“Baseball” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Winter” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“I am the Aunt” (poem)
Miranda Literary Magazine, 2006
“The Lynching of 2005″ (poem)
Miranda Literary Magazine, 2006
“September” (poem)
Miranda Literary Magazine, 2006
“Second Chances” (essay)
Fairfield Review, 2006
“The Year After My Divorce” (poem)
White Pelican, 2006
“Singles Dance” (essay) Anthology
“Women of a Certain Age”
Inner Ocean Publishing, 2006
“Gina’s Deliâ” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Dogs” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
Bliss Nails” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Mailbox” (essay recording)
WSHU National Public Radio, 2006
“Winter” (op-ed)
News-Times Community Forum, 2007
“The Last Time I Saw My Brother Alive” (poem)
Connecticut Review, 2007
“The Last Time I Saw My Brother Alive”
Cloven Sphere, Anthology, 2007
What You Reach for Determines your Future” (fiction)
Chataqua Literary Review, 2007
“A Woman’s Weight…” (essay)
News-Times Jill Magazine, 2007
“Wayne’s Learn-to-Drive” (play)
World Audience, 2007
“Town Swap” (essay)
Anthology
“Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit, and Devotion” 2007
“Losing Altitude”
Finalist in the 2007 Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Contest
“Girls of Summer” (essay)
Primavera, 2008
“Genesis” (poem)
Dos Passos Review, 2008
“Husband Wife at Dinner Party”
Melusine, 2009
“Singles Dance” (essay)
Single Woman of a Certain Age, 2005,
reissued by New World Library