New Associate Director

We are excited to announce that Taryn Bowe is joining the MWPA as our new associate director. Taryn’s short stories have appeared in Boston Review, PANK, Sycamore Review, The Greensboro Review, and Redivider, and have received special recognition in Best American Non-required Reading. She has taught writing workshops to women at Maine’s Correctional Center, adolescents who have survived suicide loss, and Portland-area high school students. Before joining MWPA, Bowe worked as a Health Policy Research Associate at the Muskie School of Public Service. She received her AB in Neuroscience and Religion from Bowdoin College and has a MFA in Creative Writing from University of Southern Maine. She lives in Brunswick with her husband and daughter.

Please join us in welcoming Taryn!