Ann Deagon, retired Writer in Residence at Guilford College, edited The Guilford Review, directed Poetry Center Southeast, and helped establish the NC Writers' Network.  She received an NEA Fellowship in Literature.  Author of ten books of poetry and fiction, she performes one-woman shows of her poems, stories, and songs at colleges, arts centers, and festivals. Her work has appeared in New Monologues for Mature Actors, and her plays have received various workshop  readings.