Marianne Bencivengo
About
More about me and my work will be coming soon, BUT...
I do want to say before I give my bio that under where I have the page for "PUBLISHED STUFF" that it is only a sample, as my list of published works is longer, and if I include all the newspaper articles I wrote for A & E, it would be a whole lot longer.
I do want to say before I give my bio that under where I have the page for "PUBLISHED STUFF" that it is only a sample, as my list of published works is longer, and if I include all the newspaper articles I wrote for A & E, it would be a whole lot longer.
NEWS/JOURNAL
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Next on the List...Another Summer Theme Book, of Poems: ith my little lake book off at press, I have been typing up my next little book of poems which I hope could be released by August 1 for the summer harvest, that last blast of summer sun, of the fruits and vegetables and flowers.
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t is titled <Lake Poems and Reflections.> It is a small book of poems, beach and wetland photos, a young adult genre story that is half fiction and half creative non-fiction (because it contains elements of my family bio), and lake stories of creative non-fiction.
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Published Stuff
The Man in the Moon
Children's Book (2011)
When we are little our parents point out to us the eyes, nose, and mouth of the moon and tell us that is the face of The Man in the Moon. This book is about the legendary character called The Man in the Moon. In these pages we see that The Man in the Moon is a good guy who wants good things for us. While it is a bedtime story for younger children, older children might enjoy it too. Second edition coming in 2023.
A Child's Edenic Dream: The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker Ballet
Paper (2015)
https://www.depthinsights.com/Depth-Insights-scholarly-ezine/a-childs-edenic-dream-dance-of-the-sugar-plum-fairy-in-the-nutcracker-balletby-mary-ann-bencivengo/
Pandora Addresses Evil, With Regrets
Poem (1986)
Poem Published in Depth Insights Magazine, Issue 8 Fall-Winter 2016, p. 57. LINK: https://issuu.com/bonniebright/docs/depthinsights-issue8-fallwinter2015
Winter Snow
Poem (From 1978)
This was the first poem I ever got published. I wrote it in my junior year in high school. It was published in The Firelands Arts Review of Firelands campus of BGSU.
Media/Videos
This is a recent video presentation I did for the Sandusky Library, Sandusky, OH as posted on YouTube. This one addresses the violence in Hansel and Gretel for an adult audience.
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This is one of my recent presentations on fairy tales I did with the Sandusky Library as posted on YouTube about the violence in different versions of Cinderella, for an adult audience.
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Death and Peach Brandy (A very short short story) on You Tube with the Huron Public Library Storytellers
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The given poem was forwarded by Mary to JCF MRT Group of Mumbai as blessings and good wishes. In India; we start any auspicious activity by worshiping Lord Ganesha. Thus the poem was shared and read before starting 1st session of JCF MRT Group of Mumbai; India. We do not claim copyrights of this video. The background music is "New Beginnings by Future World Music" and the Poem is written by "Mary Ann Bencivengo." --Sindhu Veda Research Institute
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My Blog: Writing Life
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This is my first entry in my new blog about writing and the arts and humanities, and my other interests. It is an introduction to my blog called WRITING LIFE. I titled this first blog "A Labor of Love" as it begins right after Labor Day 2024.
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