Debra Gingerich received a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from
Vermont College. Her poems and essays have appeared in
The Mochila Review,
MARGIE: The American Journal of Poetry,
Whiskey Island
Magazine, The Writer’s Chronicle
and others. She lives in Sarasota, FL where she works in communications
and public relations.
Gingerich's first collection of poems
Where We Start
(2007) has been published by
Cascadia Publishing
House. Through contemplative lyrics, historical
narratives and edgy prose poems, this collection of poetry probes the
intersections of self and other. Gingerich draws upon her Mennonite
culture as well as her husband’s unique upbringing in the former Yugoslavia to explore the tensions between
individual identity and community loyalty, along with the sharp turns of
any life’s migration.
Listen to Garrison Keillor read Debra's poem "To My Yugoslavian In-Laws"
on the 08/23/07 issue of The Writer's Almanac.
