So You Want to Write (2nd Edition)

Marge Piercy has published seventeen novels, most recently Sex Wars, from William Morrow Paperbacks, and the republishing of two early novels, Dance the Eagle to Sleep and Vida from PM Press, with introductions by Piercy, and a new collection of short stories, The Cost of Lunch, Etc. She is the author of twenty poetry collections, most recently On The Way Out, Turn Off the Light from Knopf. She published a memoir, Sleeping with Cats and five nonfiction books. Her CD of feminist and other political poems is called Louder, we can't hear you (Yet!). Her work has been translated into twenty-three languages. She has given over 570 readings, speeches, and/or workshops here and abroad. Piercy has been active in feminist, left, and environmental causes since high school. She shares her home on Cape Cod with her beloved Ira Wood and three cats.

Ira David Wood III is an award-winning actor, director, and author. He is the founder of Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, NC. His musical-comedy stage adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has been cited as "one of the most successful shows in North Carolina theatre history." His published works include A Lover's Guide To The Outer Banks, Confessions Of An Elf, Finale, The JFK Assassination Chronology, and The Russian Galatea. The father of three children-Ira David Wood IV, Evan Rachel Wood, and Thomas Miller Wood-David and his wife, Ashley, remain proud to call North Carolina "home."