Ann Staley

Ann Staley, native of the Keystone State, traveled cross-country in her VW bug during the summer of 1971, picking-up hitch-hikers and delivering them to their destinations. A retired teacher, she has taught writing, literature, and education at five Oregon school districts, four community colleges, and two public and two private universities. For two decades she taught writing workshops at the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College. She was a co-founding editor of FIREWEED: Poetry of Western Oregon. Ann is an essayist and poet whose book Primary Sources (2011) was nominated for an Oregon Book Award.