A Domain of Her Own: An Anthology of Art, Poetry, and Prose by members of the NLAPW Central New York Branch Celebrating our 100th year

A Domain of Her Own, An Anthology of Art, Poetry, and Prose by Members of the NLAPW Central New York Branch in Our 100th Year, is an eclectic collection of the finest work of professional women writers and visual artists who are members of the Central New York (CNY) Branch of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW). Written and compiled as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the CNY Branch, this anthology is designed to provoke thought on a variety of topics and evoke emotional responses to the poetry, prose, and various visual art forms created by a diverse group of American women to express their unique voices. Woman empowering in design and content, the works in the anthology also reflect how women cope with loss, aging, and change. Much of the art, as well as the poetry, is centered around the natural world and how we react to and observe ourselves in nature. The collection and the creative women whose work is in this anthology never shy away from controversy if it causes readers to question, think, and want to make our world a better place.

About the Author :
Poet/author/educator/editor Nancy Avery Dafoe has 15 published books, with the most recent including poetry collections When Mine Canaries Stop Singing and Got Some River in Us, Mosaic of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta (FLP, February 2026); novels Yet in the Land of the Living and Socrates is Dead Again; and memoirs Unstuck in Time and An Iceberg in Paradise, A Passage Through Alzheimer's. The author has won national awards for her poetry and prose and writes a Substack blog. Writer/educator/editor Susan Wolstenholme is professor emerita at Cayuga Community College, where she worked for 45 years. She is the author of essays on American literature; Gothic (Re)visions): Writing Women as Readers (State University of New York Press, 1993); and editor of the Oxford University Press World's Classics edition (2008) of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. She has appeared in numerous theatrical and choral productions.

Review :
What a way to celebrate the100th birthday of Pen Women of Central New York! This anthology is the cake, and the art and writings are pieces that deliver deliciousness such as. Grief is the outer fabric of a coat lined with gratitude; In love with freedom; You don't need an invitation to sing; There are only choices, no answer; Active Hope is a practice; Genocide in the hen house; a child agape holding a flower, and fabulous art. I'm giving you a lick and a nibble. Open the book and enjoy! Gwynn O'Gara, Poet Laureate Emerita of Sonoma County, CA, and author of We Who Dream and SNAKE WOMAN POEMS.