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Abbie Johnson Taylor of Sheridan featured in Maine newspaper article about Behind Our Eyes

Uncategorized | May 31, 2011

Sheridan‘s Abbie Johnson Taylor, long-time members of Wyoming Writers, Inc., and WyoPoets, is a member of a writers’ group with disabilities called Behind Our Eyes. That’s also the title of the group’s 2007 anthology. Abbie’s work is featured in the book. A second volume is in the works.

Today’s issue of The Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Maine, has a story about this group and its publishing ventures. It includes some quotes from Abbie, who is the editorial staff of the online magazine Magnets and Ladders:

“We’re working on a second anthology as well as the online magazine. Since the group’s inception, several of our members, myself included, have published our own books.”

Read the article at ‘BEHIND OUR EYES’: Writers’ group reaches out to authors with disablilities

FMI: Elisa Busch at 571-257-7355 or glbusch@comcast.net; Bobbie LaChance, 571-795-8999 or e-mail blachance@roadrunner.com. Website: www.freewebs.com/behindoureyes/&

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The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.

Governor Mark Gordon
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