The Parma Author Project
The Parma Author Project is an attempt to highlight authors—and writers—who have either spent a significant amount of time living, or published while living, in Parma or Parma Heights, Ohio. Our goal is to build a memorial of sorts which boasts the large variety of talented writers who make up our city's rich cultural heritage.
This project is funded by a generous grant from the Skyline Writers' Group, an establish local writing workshop. It is also made possible by the Prama Gallery & Artspace, who donated space for the group's display, and is hosting the Parma Author Meet, Greet, and Grilling event in 2023. For more information about the event, visit our Events page. This writer registry includes authors works who have been contributed to the display, along with poets who have had their work published in one of the annual West Side Poetry Workshop anthologies. |
Project Directory
An up-to-date version of this directory, including titles and full biographies, will be available soon both online and at the Prama Artspace & Gallery display at 5411 Pearl Rd, just south of where Pearl intersects Ridge.
An up-to-date version of this directory, including titles and full biographies, will be available soon both online and at the Prama Artspace & Gallery display at 5411 Pearl Rd, just south of where Pearl intersects Ridge.
Contributing Authors
- John Burroughs, Beat Poet Laureate of the United States ('22&'23). Contributed title: Rattle & Numb - Jeremy Jusek, Poet Laureate of Parma ('22&'23). Contributed titles: We Grow Tomatoes in Tiny Towns and The Less-Traveled Street - Lynne Shayko, mental health professional. Contributed title: - Vern Bryk, pen name for Richard Babyak, author and journalist. Contributed title: Delusions of Clarity. - Lorene O. Bowles, lifelong writer and teacher. Contributed title: A Tree Called We - Katherine Glawacky, Ukrainian immigrant and Parma citizen. Contributed title: Biography of Katherine Glawacky (in Ukrainian) - Kendall A. Bell, author and publisher. Contributed title: Currents |
Locally-Published Writers
- Susan Oelbracht - Andrea Kleinhenz - Tim Richards - Nancy Welsh Kristofik - Fred Schraff - Richard Bowles - Susana W. Antal - Jennifer Heilman - Marilyn Schraff - Susan Love - Valerie Hoegler - P.A. Knowles - Nancy Greissing - Ekko Jusek - Karen Boros - Charlotte Pringle - Jesse Wilder - Adrian Schnall - Bill Newby - Jill Lange - Deb Bradt - Geoffrey Landis - Mary A. Turzillo - r ferris - Don Lee - Franchesa Kirkpatrick - Loren Gordon - Michelle L. Sokol - Ruchi Chopra - Joachim Walle |