Are you curious about
Creating your own Arts Extravaganza?
Sheila's thoughts on the power of poetry in the classroom?
Kids Speak? Some snippets of kids' poems Sheila has collected through the years.
Sheila's bookshelf? A ridiculously, abbreviated list of some of Sheila's favorite titles. (With apologies to the hundreds that are missing.) Adults; YA and Middle Grade; Picture Books
Empathy and fiction? Read Sheila's Letter from the Fiction Editor in Water~Stone Review.
Books by Sheila's former students?
Books on the craft of fiction and the writing life?
How to contact Sheila?
Sheila's current news and events?
Class of 2k11? An amazing collaborative of writers with debut books for young people released in 2011.
Hamline University and the MFA program where Sheila teaches?
Water~Stone Review? The national literary journal where Sheila serves as fiction editor. Please note: Sheila can't accept submissions. Be sure to read the guidelines.
That strange child on the home page? That's Sheila at age eight with the baseball mitt and glove she got for her First Communion.
Still Curious?
Check out some of Sheila's favorite sites:
National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Arts Education publications.
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
The Loft Literary Center Writing opportunities for students of all ages.
COMPAS Writers-and Artists-in-the Schools program.
Minnesota State Arts Board. Resources for the arts in Minnesota.
Two visionary arts schools:
FAIR School
St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists
One of the artists Sheila most admires: John Prine
Callie Cardamon jazz singer extraordinaire. Check out Callie's song for KidsPeace "Love is On the Way."
Richard Bausch's Ten Commandments of writing
Mick Cochrane's essay on writing
Teachers and Writers Collaborative