Barbara SabolBarbara Sabol was raised in Pennsylvania coal

and steel country, a place that has strongly inspired

her writing. After working as a waitress, barber,

and secretary, she attended the University of Massachusetts and began a long career as aspeech therapist. Barbara's been writing poetry for more than 20 years, and holds an MFA from Spalding University. She is the author of four collections, most recently Imagine a Town which won the 2019 Poetry Manuscript Prize from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. She has since taken on the role of associate editor of Sheila-Na-Gig online. Barbara conducts poetry workshops for Lit Cleveland, and enjoys guest teaching poetry classes at Our Lady of the Elms High School in Akron, Ohio.

When she's not writing, Barbara's in her garden or on a trail in the Cuyahoga Valley. She lives in Akron, Ohio with her husband and two wonder dogs. Read More Read Less