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Margaret Stawowy grew up on the southwest side of Chicago in the Back of the Yards, a neighborhood made famous in Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle. In adulthood, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, then Tokyo and Yokohama Japan, where she taught English conversation and co-wrote English-teaching textbooks. She began writing poetry in Japan after meeting poets in a literary group that she co-founded. Upon returning to the Bay Area, she continued in her lifelong occupation as a librarian.
Throughout her life, people have regularly mispronounced her surname, notably Stowaway and Stay-away. Stawowy is Polish for "of the pond," The Polish pronunciation is sta-vah-vee; English is sta-wa-wee.
A Pushcart nominee, her poetry has also won awards from the National League of American Pen Women, AHA Books, Atlanta Review, Beyond Baroque, and Naugatuck River Review.
She has served her artistic community for more than ten years by volunteering with Marin Poetry Center, including two years as Chair.
Throughout her life, people have regularly mispronounced her surname, notably Stowaway and Stay-away. Stawowy is Polish for "of the pond," The Polish pronunciation is sta-vah-vee; English is sta-wa-wee.
A Pushcart nominee, her poetry has also won awards from the National League of American Pen Women, AHA Books, Atlanta Review, Beyond Baroque, and Naugatuck River Review.
She has served her artistic community for more than ten years by volunteering with Marin Poetry Center, including two years as Chair.
