writer's bio
Elayne Clift is an award winning writer and journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of venues internationally. Formerly a contributing editor to On the Issues, a columnist for New Jersey Woman Magazine, and a regular contributor to such publications as New Directions for Women, Psychiatric Times, Earth Times, Journal of American Medical Writers, and The Christian Science Monitor, she currently contributes to such international and local media as Women=s Feature Service, The Keene (NH) Sentinel, and Op Ed News.com. Her work has appeared in such major dailies as The Washington Post and the Chicago Sun Times. In 1992, following publication of her first book, Telling It Like It Is: Reflections of A Not So Radical Feminist (KIT Inc.), Ms. Clift received the Award for Excellence in Journalism from the New Jersey Education Association. She has since published numerous books (short fiction, poetry, essay, memoir) and is at work on a novel. She conceived and edited three anthologies: But Do They Have Field Experience! (OGN, 1992); Women's Encounters With the Mental Health Establishment: Escaping the Yellow Wallpaper (Haworth Press, 2002), and Women, Philanthropy and Social Change: Visions for A Just Society (UPNE/Tufts U. Press, 2007). Her latest book is ACHAN: A Year of Teaching in Thailand (Bangkok Books, 2007). In addition to her literary and academic writing, Ms. Clift has published widely on women and gender concerns, international development, health, and social issues. Her work has also been featured in a number of prominent travel, regional, and in-flight magazines. In addition to writing professionally, Ms. Clift holds adjunct faculty positions at several New England colleges and universities, and has taught in Thailand. She has also served as consultant to various international organizations. She is a Vermont Humanities Scholar and she offers writing workshops through numerous venues.
Books by Elayne Clift
- Telling It Like It Is: Reflections of a Not So Radical Feminist (KIT, 1991)
- But Do They Have Field Experience! (OGN, 1993)
- The Road to Radicalism: Further Reflections of a Frustrated Feminist (OGN, 1994)
- Demons Dancing in My Head: Collected Poems, 1985 - 1995 (OGN, 1995)
- Croning Tales (OGN, 1996)
- To New Jersey, With Love and Apologies (OGN, 1999)
- Other People, Other Lands (OGN, 1999)
- Love Letters to Vermont: A New England Journal (OGN, 2001)
- Women's Encounters With the Mental Health Establishment: Escaping the Yellow Wallpaper (Haworth, 2002)
- Sanity For All in the 21st Century: Reflections of A Fin de=Siecle Feminist (Xlibris, 2002)
- The Limits of Love (Xlibris, 2003)
- Women, Philanthropy and Social Change: Visions for A Just Society (UPNE/Tufts U Press, 2005))
- ACHAN: A Year of Teaching in Thailand (Bangkok Books, 2008)