Pam Anderson is a poet, lover of blues music, traveler, hiker, and yoga practitioner…
who grew up in the Steel Valley of Warren, Ohio. Much of her writing focuses on the Holocaust, reflecting stories her father recounted from his service as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne during WWII. Her poem “Pack It: The American Paratrooper Teaches the New Kid to Pack His Parachute” was published in JennyMag.org, and her Holocaust poem “My Brother’s Coat” won the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Intro Journals Project award. Her poetry has also appeared in Atticus Review, Sky Island Journal, Poetry Breakfast, Sheila-Na-Gig, Synkroniciti, and elsewhere.
She holds an MA in English Literature from Kent State University and an MFA from the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program (NEOMFA), which awarded her a Bisbee (Arizona) Travel and Study Fellowship. She has been a ghostwriter, grants writer, and fundraiser for public radio. When she is not traveling with her husband to
far-flung places to snap pictures of windows, doors, and lightbulbs, you can find her in Northeast Ohio; Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley; or Wilmington, North Carolina.
Just the Girls is a book of poetry featuring the strong women in my life who continue to bring me great joy and who inspire me and my poetry. Thank you to The Poetry Box Press and Shawn Aveningo-Sanders for publishing this book.
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Just the Girls:
A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies;
A Drift of Honeybees
After Pamela R. Anderson’s husband had a heart attack and 4 cardiac arrests while traveling in Washington, DC, she chronicled his near-death experience by writing a series of poems. Now award-winning, Kentucky-based Finishing Line Press has published these poems in a chapbook-length collection that is aptly named Widow Maker.
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…is a playful romp through childhood that reflects on healthy lifestyle choices
("Kale Salad")...friendship ("Could We Be Friends")...self image ("The Girl with the
Bow in Her Hair"...and more. As Early Childhood Educator Dr. Nancy Barbour notes, these poems have “something for
young and old alike—for everyday life
and aspirational dreams.”
Pre-order your copy today from Kelsay Books (Daffydown Dilly Press)!
What People Are Saying…
“We’re in the presence of a poet with an ear for how language shapes our world, and an eye alert to the details that make those worlds real to us. What a splendid, moving collection of lyrics!”
— Dr. Steven Reese, author Excentrica: Notes on the Text
“Pam Anderson’s work is smart, sensitive, and at times wonderfully wry.”
— Thomas Dukes, poet and author
“Anderson gives our everyday lives a voice that is rich and cuts to the quick. She has a gift for articulating the beauties and mysteries of our lives in poetry that will leave you wanting more. ”