Welcome to my world where the political clashes with the personal & manifests in the creative.
I’m a truth-seeker on a lifelong quest traveling through foreign lands ~ Russia, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey to explore, discover and, try to understand. Whether working on the docks with the Longshoremen or assisting with Gorbachev’s visit to Boston, I’m a do-for-myself kind of person.
As a child, I had an insatiable need to know why?
“Why, Why, Why?” I asked.
“Why is a fish?” my grandfather answered.
“Why is a fish, Grandpa?”
“Because a porkchop can’t swim!”
Of course, that answer only piqued my curiosity & my tolerance for sarcasm.
On most days, I am just trying to keep my head from exploding & put words on the page.
WHO IS SHE?
Kelly Hedglin Bowen is a writer, mom, activist, & sailing instructor in Vermont where she teaches creative writing from her floating classroom on Lake Champlain. Along with her personal writing, she helps people (& companies) to define their identities, refine their message, and make their voices heard in our diverse world.
A passionate & vocal advocate for women and reproductive health, her current work exposes the underbelly of the motherhood myth.
An avid participant in all things political, Kelly spends her days stretched between the public and private sectors. Before coming to the page, Kelly was an International Trade Director with over 25-years experience in global project management and community development.
A Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, you can find her in print in Creative Nonfiction, The Fiction Advocate, The Pitkin Review, The Burlington Free Press, and online at The HuffPost.
Her essays have also been shortlisted for the 49th Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, the Creative Nonfiction Dangerous Creations Prize, the 2017 Arts & Letters Prize in Creative Nonfiction, Under the Gum Tree (dis)Empowerment Contest and the New South Prize. She is a Gateless-trained instructor and holds an M.F.A. from Goddard College.
