| Gail Sher's
expertise crosses several disciplines. She was named Teacher of the Year by the combined
Education Faculties of University of California at Berkeley, Stanford, and San Francisco
State University and has taught classes in writing, psychology, and Zen on the
graduate-school level for many years. She also leads workshops and ongoing groups for
writers.
As a psychotherapist she supervises and consults with individuals and couples.
Her first published book, From a Baker's Kitchen (1984), based on her work as the founding baker of (the now famous) Tassajara Bread Bakery, attracted national attention. The Bloomsbury Review said, "The text is resplendent with words that will tempt and encourage you." Technical writers praised its organization and clarity and Catherine Fredman of Diversion named it as one of the "Year's Ten Best Baking Books." Since then she has published eight books of avant-garde poetry, three book-length haiku sequences, as well as poems and haiku in over twenty literary journals (some have won awards). Along with regularly lecturing and giving poetry readings throughout the United States, this year she was elected to be listed in the ninth edition of the International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopaedia published in Cambridge, England. |
