About Charlotte Digregorio
I publish books. I have marketed and/or published 55 titles. These books are sold in 46 countries to bookstores, libraries, universities, professional organizations, government agencies, and book clubs. In 2018, I was honored by the Governor of Illinois for my thirty-eight years of accomplishments in the literary arts, and my work to promote and advance the field by educating adults and students alike. I am the author of seven books including: Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All; Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Homes; You Can Be A Columnist; Beginners' Guide to Writing & Selling Quality Features; Your Original Personal Ad; and my latest, Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing.
The first four books have been adopted as supplemental texts at universities throughout the U.S., Canada, India, Pakistan, and Catalonia. They are sold in 43 countries, and are displayed in major metropolitan cultural centers. These books have been reviewed, recommended, and praised by hundreds of critics, librarians, and professors worldwide.
I am also the author of a poetry collection: "Shadows of Seasons: Selected Haiku and Senryu by Charlotte Digregorio." Two of my books have been Featured Selections of Writer's Digest Book Club. I am regularly interviewed by major print, radio, and television organizations throughout the U.S. I regularly sign books at libraries, chain bookstores, and university bookstores, and do poetry readings at art centers, cafes, tea houses, and galleries.
I was recently nominated for two Pushcart Prizes in poetry. I have won fifty-nine poetry awards, writing fourteen poetic forms. My poetry has been translated into eight languages. I do illustrated solo poetry exhibits 365 days a year in libraries, galleries, corporate buildings, hospitals, convention centers, and other venues. My individual poems have been displayed at supermarkets, apparel and wine shops, banks, botanic gardens, restaurants, and on public transit.
I have been nominated and listed in "The International Authors and Writers Who's Who" in Cambridge, England and in the "Who's Who In Writers, Editors & Poets U.S./Canada." I hosted my own radio program, "Poetry Beat," on public broadcasting. My poetry has been featured on several library web sites including those of Shreve Memorial Library in Louisiana and Cornell University's Mann Library.
My background includes positions as a feature editor and columnist at daily newspapers and as a magazine editor. I have been a public relations director for a non-profit organization. I am self-employed as a public relations/marketing consultant, having served a total of 118 clients in 23 states for the past several decades .
In other professional areas, I have been on university faculties, teaching French, Italian, and Writing.
I regularly give lectures and workshops on publishing, journalism, publicity, poetry, and creativity to business and professional groups, and at writer's conferences, universities, literary festivals, non-profit organizations, and libraries. I have been a writer-in-residence at universities.
There have been about 400 articles written about me in the media. I have served on the Boards of writers and publishers organizations. My positions have included Board Secretary of the Northwest Association of Book Publishers. I served for five years as Midwest Regional Coordinator of The Haiku Society of America, and for two years as its Second Vice President.
Roberta, you will always be one of my favorite haijins!
I, too, have a piano sequence, one involving a mouse that ran up my jeans’ leg as I began to practice (at a tender age). I wound up jumping into my Mother;s lap, thankfully disloging that mouse! See why haiku is a better way to tell?
I enter into your tellings.
much care,
Donna
Thank you, Donna! I enjoy reading all piano themed haiku sequences; they are one of my favourites.
Thanks for participating, Roberta.
Love the sequence.
Thanks for commenting, Madhuri.
Thank you, Madhuri, I appreciate it!
Thanks for posting this sequence, Charlotte. The piano still is in my family but in better hands.
My piano that my dad bought fourth-hand when I was ten years old is still with me in my living room. It’s traveled thousands of miles with me, and was manufactured in 1905.
I would love to see a picture of your piano. Mine is a Knabe, made in Baltimore, USA, perhaps
around the same time as yours.
Mine is a Steinway from Germany, an upright grand, brought over by a German family. I will send you a picture.
A disturbing sequence, the spectre of the Baby Grand glowering darkly until exorcised in the final haiku. Brilliant, as always from Roberta Beary.
Thank you, Paul. There’s a kind of liberation that is hard to describe, one that comes from purging childhood demons.
Thanks, Roberta.
Thanks, Paul.
Brilliant haiku sequence by Roberta Beary, disturbing yes, and I keep coming back to read it again. Dark memories of the growing years with her father, with the Baby Grand Piano. ” on the piano his chilly smile”
Thanks, Maureen.
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #3: Charlotte Digregorio features a haiku #sequence by Roberta Beary!
Thanks