About me
Samantha Wallen is a poet, writer, and writing guide devoted to a literature of restoration. She is the author of the poetry collection, Weight of Water, and has spent more than a decade guiding writers to deepen their craft, complete books, and cultivate sustainable writing lives through retreats, workshops, and private mentoring. Her work explores writing as a practice of attention, relationship, and participation in the world. Samantha holds an MFA from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and later served as an adjunct faculty member there. She lives in Northern California.
