Mary Silwance
Mary Silwance is a poet, a former English teacher, and editorial team member for Kansas City Voices. She’s passionate about the natural world and uses her voice to educate people on climate change. Her environmental activism sometimes finds its way into her work; but so does womanhood, diversity (or the lack thereof), joy, pleasure and beauty. She explores ecology from an intersection of justice and spirituality in workshops and was a recent attendee of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference.
Mary’s poem, The Mystery, won our 2018 Women’s Voices writing contest and her poems and essays have been published widely, both in print and online. You can also listen to Mary on several segments on the local radio station KKFI.
Mary is a returning faculty member, and we’re so excited for her to join our conference again this year! This year, she will be teaching a session titled “Point of View.” You can learn more about her and read past work at her website.
—written by Lisa Allen, adult services specialist