Marilyn Lerch

Marilyn Lerch (born 1936) is an American-born Canadian poet, teacher, and activist.

Career

She was born in East Chicago, Indiana, and earned degrees from Indiana University and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.^[1]

She has taught English at the high school level in both Indiana and D.C., and is politically active. Lerch has worked towards LGBT rights and volunteered with PFLAG Canada.^[2] Lerch moved to Sackville, New Brunswick in 1996. She served as President of the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010.^[3] In addition to her activism, Lerch has taught creative writing at Westmoreland Prison, Springhill, and Dorchester.^[3] Lerch is currently teaching Memoir at Tantramar Seniors' College.^[4]

Bibliography

• 2001: Lambs & Llamas, Ewes & Me (Springbank Press)
• 2004: Moon Loves Its Light (Morgaine House)
• 2008: Witness and Resist (Morgaine House) ISBN 0973278765
• 2009: Breaking the Word Barrier: Stories of Adults Learning to Read, co-edited with Angela Ranson (Goose Lane) ISBN 0864925476

References

1. ^ http://www.lightningdemandpress.com/product_info.php?products_id=386
2. ^ http://national-random-acts-of-poetry.blogspot.com/2007/08/marilyn-lerch.html
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.umce.ca/wfnb/pages/lerch.html
4. ^ http://tantramarseniorscollege.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sac_2010f_memoir.pdf

External links

• Video of Marilyn Lerch reading "The Great Toronto Garbage Strike of 2002" at the First International Festival of Poetry of Resistance
• Writers' Federation of New Brunswick Biography