Irene O’Garden has won or been nominated for prizes in nearly every writing category from stage to e-screen, hardcovers and literary magazines and anthologies. Her critically-acclaimed play Women On Fire (Samuel French) played sold-out houses at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. O’Garden won The Pushcart Prize for a lyric essay included in her new book “Glad To Be Human,” forthcoming from Mango in Spring 2020. ("Tell of Israel" will also be included.) Last January Mango published her memoir Risking the Rapids: How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood. Other books: Fat Girl (Harper) and Fulcrum: Selected Poems (Nirala) www.ireneogarden.com.

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