Patresa Hartman
"The line of words feels for cracks in the firmament."
- Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
BIOGRAPHY.........
Patresa Hartman began her writing career with an illustrated story entitled, Snapping Turtle in the Bathtub. Mrs. Read, her second grade teacher, loved it. Emboldened by the gold star on her Snapping Turtle work, Patresa continued writing fiction as a student in the undergraduate Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa and then later, academic research essay related to early reading development as a graduate student at the University of Northern Iowa.
In addition to writing, Patresa is a licensed school psychologist who teaches communication skills and preparatory reading at a community college. She is a regular contributor to The Rose & Thorn's Year of Gratitude blog and an assistant editor at the same literary e-zine. Formerly, Patresa authored a life and humor column, Biped Sideways, originally published twice monthly by The Indie, an alternative newspaper based in Asheville, North Carolina. She is at work on a collection of personal essays as well as her first novel.
Patresa enjoys gardening, singing loudly, long walks with her dog, and writing about herself in the third person. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with two cats, one dog, and one husband. They all shed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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October, 2008
Aspiring writer signs on with The Rose & Thorn literary e-zine as an assistant editor. She continues to ponder the purpose of a personal website and concludes she must be very vain.
August 7, 2008
Our author posts her first contribution to the Year of Gratitude blog. Subsequent Hartman gratitude essays appear every 4 days.
June 21, 2008
Haunted by the futility of an unmarketed personal webpage, the author begins to write and post book reviews. Check back periodically for new reads.
January, 2008
Biped Sideways enters hibernation while writer attempts to answer: "What do I want to be when I grow up?"
October 27, 2007
The Indie, the original publisher of Byped Sideways, has closed shop, at least temporarily. In the meantime, Byped Sideways returns to its original title Biped Sideways (Why it became Biped with a "y" is a long and boring story.) and appears exclusively at this website. The search for printed homes will resume shortly.
September 22, 2007
Byped Sideways switches to Saturdays. Read it here every Saturday morning while you watch cartoons.
June 8, 2007
Byped Sideways is now a weekly column. Read it here every Friday!
February 16, 2007
The Indie, an independent newspaper based in Asheville, North Carolina, launches the first installment of Byped Sideways, Patresa's bi-monthly life and humor column.
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October, 2008
Aspiring writer signs on with The Rose & Thorn literary e-zine as an assistant editor. She continues to ponder the purpose of a personal website and concludes she must be very vain.
August 7, 2008
Our author posts her first contribution to the Year of Gratitude blog. Subsequent Hartman gratitude essays appear every 4 days.
June 21, 2008
Haunted by the futility of an unmarketed personal webpage, the author begins to write and post book reviews. Check back periodically for new reads.
January, 2008
Biped Sideways enters hibernation while writer attempts to answer: "What do I want to be when I grow up?"
October 27, 2007
The Indie, the original publisher of Byped Sideways, has closed shop, at least temporarily. In the meantime, Byped Sideways returns to its original title Biped Sideways (Why it became Biped with a "y" is a long and boring story.) and appears exclusively at this website. The search for printed homes will resume shortly.
September 22, 2007
Byped Sideways switches to Saturdays. Read it here every Saturday morning while you watch cartoons.
June 8, 2007
Byped Sideways is now a weekly column. Read it here every Friday!
February 16, 2007
The Indie, an independent newspaper based in Asheville, North Carolina, launches the first installment of Byped Sideways, Patresa's bi-monthly life and humor column.
PUBLISHED WORK
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Des Moines Register, January 5, 2008. Hartman: At this caucus site, voters inspired by hope, a guest editorial.
The Indie, 2007
Author of Byped Sideways, a bi-monthly life and humor column.
Harvard Educational Review, Winter 2004
Co-author of Citizenship for All in the Literate Community, a research project through the University of Northern Iowa.
University of Northern Iowa, 2004
Author of Ed.S. graduate thesis, Early Literacy and Making Sense in an Inclusive Preschool Classroom.
University of Northern Iowa, 2003
Author of MA.E. five chapter literature review, When the Wildebeast Gets Your Berries: Adolescent Anger Management.
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Des Moines Register, January 5, 2008. Hartman: At this caucus site, voters inspired by hope, a guest editorial.
The Indie, 2007
Author of Byped Sideways, a bi-monthly life and humor column.
Harvard Educational Review, Winter 2004
Co-author of Citizenship for All in the Literate Community, a research project through the University of Northern Iowa.
University of Northern Iowa, 2004
Author of Ed.S. graduate thesis, Early Literacy and Making Sense in an Inclusive Preschool Classroom.
University of Northern Iowa, 2003
Author of MA.E. five chapter literature review, When the Wildebeast Gets Your Berries: Adolescent Anger Management.
