Marianne Goldsmith is my pen-name.I grew up in Waco, Texas,and studied literature at Pitzer College in CA and in France.After completing an M.A.in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University,I moved to Boston, and published short stories in Dark Horse magazine.In the mid- 1980's,I was a writer in residence at the Dorland Mountain Colony.I have published film and book reviews, feature articles on the arts, graphic design and education advocacy, together with short fiction, and creative nonfiction.I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for over 35 years.

My recent credits include an article in Poetry Flash,a piece in the anthology "Times they were aChanging," and short, creative nonfiction published online for the Jewish Writing Project and Persimmontree Magazine. I also co-edited an independently published anthology of poetry and fiction on abortion in the late 1970's - "For the Time Being."

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