ABOUT

Ronna Magy is a poet, memoirist, and social justice advocate born in Detroit who calls Los Angeles home. She writes about the intersections of family, feminism, trauma, aging, and civil rights. She believes the written word can both heal the past and build connections across generations and cultures.

Ronna’s work is published in journals and anthologies including SWWIM Every Day, Rise Up Review, Cholla Needles, The Los Angeles Press, Silver Birch Press, Persimmon Tree, Sinister Wisdom, Women in a Golden State, Poetry Super Highway, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, Writers Resist, and Lady Business: A Celebration of Lesbian Poetry nominated by the American Library Association for a Rainbow Book Award.

An alumna of the Napa Valley Writers Conference, Ronna’s curated readings of seasoned queer women poets for the Circa: Queer Histories and Outwrite Festivals. She’s a retired English as a Second Language instructor, ESL textbook author, and staff development coordinator.