Ronda Broatch is the author of Shedding Our Skins (Finishing Line Press 2008) and Some Other Eden (2005).  Four-time Pushcart nominee, Ronda is the recipient of a 2007 Artist Trust GAP Grant.

In answer to our question of why she writes, Ronda responded:

“When the world sounds its loud demands and the journal gets buried under heaps of bills and papers, something eventually snaps. There arises a physical ache, a backlog of untold stories jamming vital organs, causing irritability and mental distress. One day alone with pen and paper is usually the only way to begin the recovery/discovery process so necessary to well-being and centeredness.”

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