Teaching Testimonials

You have transformed so many people’s writing lives, mine included! -Frances Gapper

Any micro I have ever published was born in your workshops! Eternal gratitude. – Jenny Stalter

You are such an inspiring teacher. -Nadia Jacobsen

I fell in love with flash in your workshops, Meg! -Karen Schauber

-I’ve ahad many stories published that originated in your workshops or from your prompts, not to mention your skillful editing suggestions. So grateful for all you do for the micro community. -Kathryn Harjo Silver

Meg has inspired many of us to have our writing dreams come into fruition. -Annie Bien

You have a big shout out in the Acknowlegements of my new book. Couldn’t have written it without you. -Jayne Martin

I am inspired by the prompts and the other students and your marvelous, generous, generative energy. I live with the prompts for a few days, and then start writing (and I’ve been using your newsletter prompts as part of my daily writing practice, too). As a writing teacher, I’m also feeling renewed just by reading your comments to everyone and appreciating the way you work descriptively to help writers see what they have. It’s a technique I teach to undergraduates, and it’s hard for them!, so it helps me enormously to be in the middle of that kind of workshop to feel how it works when I’m not the orchestrator. In the middle of a very lonely pandemic, and sabbatical where I really can’t go anywhere, you’ve created these small, at home residencies that I love. Thank you. Susan Morehouse

You are the best and one of a kind! – Andrea Disario Marcusa

This was grand, as are all your workshops, Meg. Super subject, terrific feedback, incredibly jaw-dropping talent. Stimulation PLUS fun! – Tracey Meloni

I learned so much from you two fabulous writers/teachers. You opened doors to rooms and worlds I didn’t know existed. Look forward to another workshop – Michelle Morris

Glowing Review of “The Dog Seated Next to Me” in Rain Taxi!

“One of the marvels of this flash-fiction collection is Pokrass’s ability to create fully realized complex characters in the tradition of literary realism typically associated with longer narratives, even novels. She achieves so much deep characterization in such a tight space that she is like an architect of tiny houses that allow her characters to live full lives in extremely small spaces. The collection buzzes with naked insights on female heterosexual desire. Exploring the complex disconnect between sex and love in the lives of women, Pokrass maps an interior landscape of tenderness and connection between lovers. The need for greater, longer lasting connection means women falling in love keep ending up alone. These stories explore what happens when love doesn’t last or when sex and love become conflicted, in a world where “humans, like amphibious animals, developed ugly traits to protect themselves.” -Aimee Parkison, Book Reviewer

Buy the Print Edition of Rain Taxi to read the rest!