Schreibspiegel: Writing About Writing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781987527988)

A native of Santa Barbara, CA, Jon Obermeyer is a graduate
 of Westmont College. He holds the MFA in 
Creative Writing degree from UNC Greensboro. Jon is the author of "The Reassurance of Ghosts" and "Salsipuedes" (poems), "The Winter Practice" and "Centripetal Force" (short stories), The Low Wire: Meditations on Loss and Creative Restoration" (essays), "It Happens That Fast," "Briarcliff" and "The Harbor" (memoir),"Myriad: A Poet's Guide to the Writing Life" and "Siren Call SF," a poetry-photography collaboration with San Francisco photographer Dwayne Newton (Spring, 2019) Jon was a finalist for the 2017 James Applewhite Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in North Carolina Literary Review, Northern Virginia Review, The Greensboro Review, Blue Pitcher, Tar River Poetry, the International Poetry Review, Edge of our World, Stroke Connections, Santa Barbara Magazine and Spectrum. Jon's short stories have appeared
 in Equator, Cities & Roads, and O.Henry Festival Stories. His story "Not Really Mine to Give" was runner-up in the 1982 Santa Barbara News & Review fiction contest. Clyde Edgerton selected Jon's short story "Confessions of a Pacifist" for publication in the N.C. Writers Network's Fiction Syndication Competition. His essays and book reviews have appeared in the News & Review and The New York Times. He lives in Bethesda, NC near Durham.