Overview

Washashores Review (Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2025) is the first anthology of creative writing by the Washashores Writers Collective. The Collective is a diverse group of women and women-identifying writers with a connection to Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. The essays, poems, and short stories in this collection were all inspired by the magic of the island with its unique culture, history, and mix of people. Proceeds from the sale of the Washashores Review support the Literary Arts program at Featherstone Center for the Arts, a vibrant and beloved nonprofit organization offering accessible year-round arts education and experiences for all ages and abilities on Martha's Vineyard. For more information, please visit: https: //www.featherstoneart.org/.

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MATHEA MORAIS is the Director of Literary Arts at Featherstone and the author of There You Are (Chicago Review Press), which was called ""a novel that effectively inter¬twines ruminations on race, music, romance, and history,"" by Kirkus Review (starred review) and was named one of Ms. Magazine's ""October 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us,"" and Electric Literature's ""The 20 Best Debuts of The Second Half of 2019."" She has taught English and creative writing at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School for over fifteen years. ELISA M. SPERANZA is the author of the historical novel The Italian Prisoner, a finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. A cofounder of the Martha's Vineyard-based Washashores Writers Collective, she works with the New Orleans Writers Workshop and has been a featured author at Islanders Write, the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, the Louisiana Book Festival, and the Salem LitFest. Originally from Lynn, Massachusetts, she's lived in New Orleans since 2002 and is an Oak Bluffs summer resident. She comes from a matriarchal line of die-hard Red Sox fans. www.elisamariesperanza.com and elisasperanza.substack.com

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