Thanks for visiting shellytown, the online space for the writing of Michele Bowman. Her creative work can be found under the poetry samples link and the essay samples link. Published poems can be found in Field, Gulf Coast, and The Greensboro Review. Her current work tends more toward incorporating poetic techniques into prose. Her latest publication is an essay in Thomas Beller's second anthology.
This site began as a blog that featured Michele's mini-essays on life in New York; that material is currently being worked into a manuscript with the goal of publishing a photo-essay treatment of what it's like to move and adapt to a place like New York. You can read original shellytown material under the city journal link. Now that she feels more at home, shellytown is morphing into a web site that covers all of Michele's writing projects.
A professional writer and editor for many years, Michele is available to write web copy, annual reviews, articles, blogs, essays, and other materials. Her professional work can be found under the professional writing link. She can be reached via the contact me link.