River by the Glass

Monika Rose, at home in the foothills of Calaveras County since the early 1980s, is founding director and editor of Manzanita Writers Press, a nonprofit literary publisher. She has been published in several anthologies and literary magazines. Her book of poems, River by the Glass, by GlenHill Publishing, and Bed Bumps, a children's book, will soon be joined by a novel, a collection of short fiction, a second children's book, and a new poetry collection. She has edited numerous Manzanita anthologies, including Out of the Fire, Wild Edges, Wine, Cheese & Chocolate, and Voices of Wisdom, volumes 1-3, plus 7 Manzanita prose & poetry anthologies, as well as novels, poetry, and nonfiction for authors. Monika has edited over 25 books for individual authors in our region. With a Masters Degree in English, she is Adjunct Associate Professor of English at San Joaquin Delta College and has taught high school English for 30 years, as well as workshops in writing for Delta College conferences, Gold Rush Writers Conferences, Tuolumne Writers Retreats, the Voices program, and Manzanita Writers Press workshops.