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Maureen Tracy Venti is originally from the Berkshires, in Massachusetts.  She has a BA in English from UMASS Amherst, a M.Ed. in Research and Evaluation from Boston College, an MFA from Lesley University in Creative Writing, and a Certificate in Literary Publishing from Emerson College.  Her poetry has been published in The Secret of Salt: An Indigenous Journal and she has been a contributing author for Microsoft Press Publications.  A former Principal Software Consultant with Microsoft Corporation, she now lives in Key West, FL and Jackson, NH with her husband Eddie and their golden retriever Luca.

Maureen says, “My art encompasses three disciplines: Poetry, Photography and Publishing.  Poetry conveys big ideas in minimalist language.  Photography transforms by stillness, revealing the ordinary as extraordinary.  Poetography is the art of combining poetic lines with images to create a theme, a narrative, an epiphany.  Publishing is an art form too, one that adds a third dimension to works of literature and art.

I founded Stella Luca Press with the vision of publishing books that are themselves works of art, in content and in form.  In addition to my own work, I am developing book projects with other Key West writers and artists.  I have admired the work of TSKW since its inception and am excited to become a part of this artistic community.”