Perseus Academic: My Dear Girl by Helen Marie Casey

Florence Armes Hosmer, born in 1880, was a farmer's daughter determined to succeed as an artist. Acclaimed in the early part of the twentieth century, she has fallen almost entirely from view. This is the story of how Miss Hosmer, a feisty New England woman, painted her way through the new century and created well more than five hundred works.

Helen Marie Casey won the fourteenth National Poet Hunt in 2009. Helen's published two poetry chapbooks, Fragrance Upon His Lips, a series of poems about Joan of Arc, and Inconsiderate Madness, which won the 2005 Black River Chapbook Competition.

Helen Marie Casey: Helen Marie Casey won the 14th National Poet Hunt in 2009. The competition is sponsored by The MacGuffin and was judged by poet/essayist/fiction writer Thomas Lynch. Helen's first chapbook, Fragrance Upon His Lips, a series of poems about Joan of Arc, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2005. Her second chapbook, Inconsiderate Madness, a series of poems about Mary Dyer, hanged in 1660, won the 2005 Black River Chapbook competition (Black Lawrence Press). It was named a finalist for the 2008 Julia Ward Howe Award by the Boston Authors Club and was named a Highly Recommended Book by Massbooks of the Year in the 8th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. Helen's poems and book reviews have appeared in many publications, including Prairie Schooner, Connecticut Review, Louisiana Literature, Dogwood, Minimus, Runes, The South Carolina Review, The Laurel Review, Tiferet, Rosebud, The Litchfield Review, The Worcester Review, and America.