Linette Marie Allen
Poetry
Linette Marie Allen is earning an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts at the University of Baltimore. Recipient of a Betty Tarpley Turner Research and Travel Award for Poetry, she recently launched a poetry project in Accra, Ghana. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Pleiades, Notre Dame Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.
Old Testament on West Preston
“ On the second floor of the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, there is a small bookcase of books that nobody ever seems to touch. The titles, spanning a range of subjects and genres, are never swapped in the spirit of a true book nook. They simply sit there, untouched, week after week. This greatly intrigues me.
As an emerging Maryland poet and writer, I applaud the groundbreaking work of Barbara Westwood Diehl and her entire team at The Baltimore Review. I celebrate the opportunity to be featured in the Maryland Writers Special Issue and extend my friendship. Twice a month, I host a poetry & pear cocktail party in my home, which has evolved into a popular literary salon for select Baltimore-based poets and writers. Interested? Reach out to me on Twitter @thepagereader. ”