About

Alison @ Hillstead Museum

Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Alison Meyers is a poet and fiction writer whose work has appeared in Common Ground Review, Connecticut ReviewFreshwater ReviewragazineStone Canoe, the anthology Gathered Light: The Poetry of Joni Mitchell’s Songs (Three O’Clock Press), and elsewhere. She is the Executive Director of Writers & Books, a literary center in Rochester, NY, consults as a LitTAP mentor for small and emerging New York State literary nonprofits, and is a member of Kweli Journal’s board of directors. Previously, she served as Director of Development at the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), New York, NY; Executive Director of Cave Canem Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, 2006 – 2016; Poetry Director and Director of Marketing & Communications at Hill-Stead Museum, CT; and General Manager of the Oberlin Consumers Co-op, OH. For many years, she owned and managed Everyday Books & Café, a Connecticut-based indie bookstore.