Half Circle by Sharon Coleman

Sharon Coleman‘s a fifth-generation Northern Californian with a penchant for languages and their entangled roots. She writes for Poetry Flash, co-curates the reading series Lyrics & Dirges, co-directs the Berkeley Poetry Festival. She’s the author of a chapbook Half Circle and a book of micro-fiction, Paris Blinks. Her poetry and fiction appear in several publications, including Your Impossible Voice, White Stag, Ambush Review. She’s been nominated twice for a Pushcart and once for a micro award for blink fiction. She received a scholarship from the Luso-American Foundation to attend the Disquiet Literary Conference in Lisbon and the Brereton scholarship to attend the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference. She was a finalist for the Jane Underwood poetry prize. She’s taught composition, poetry writing, creative writing, and production & publication at Berkeley City College for 20 years and directs their art and literary journal, Milvia Street.