Anita M. Hessenauer
Poet and Writer
About
Anita M. Hessenauer is a freelance writer residing in Dublin, Ohio. She is a prolific writer of both poetry and prose and has published articles in literary and religious periodicals. Her latest poetry collection, Let Go was published in June, 2023. Her previous poetry collections, We All Belong and Authenticity were published in 2021 and 2019 respectively. Anita’s books are available on Amazon and where books are sold:
https://www.amazon.com/author/anita.m.hessenauer
Anita is a regular participant in the Ohio Poetry Association’s monthly Open Mics and is available for Poetry Readings. Her most recent poetry reading was at the Columbus, Ohio Book Festival in the Summer of 2023.
Anita has a doctorate in French Literature from the University of Strasbourg, France, and has taught at The Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and Bowling Green State University. She is a fully professed Third-Order Carmelite.
Publications:
Poetry Collections
- Let Go, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2023
- We All Belong, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2021
- Authenticity, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019
Poems
- “Detachment,” Common Threads, 2023
- “Hold On,” Common Threads, 2021
Articles
- “Discovering and Living Out Our Identity: A Carmelite Perspective,” Carmelite Institute of North America, 2019
- “The Paradoxical Effect of Silence in Interpersonal Relationships,” Carmelite Review, Vol. 55, 2016
- “Narcissism in the Poetry and Thought of Paul Valery,” Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, 2010
- “Narcissism in the Poetry and Thought of Paul Valery,” Research Studies, Washington State University Press, 1982
Contact
anita@hessenauer.com
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