essays by shé

About

Just out, Dance First …ask questions later: poems & paintings by Shé. Visit the Bookshelf for details.

She first captured national attention in her twenties as the pink-sweatered-sweetie-turned-werewolf in Howling V: the Rebirth. Ten years later, she leaped back into the conversation with her essay, “Free Love Ain’t,” in the Seal Press anthology, Wild Child: Girlhoods in the Counterculture (edited by Chelsea Cain, touted by Courtney Love on Oprah).

While living in the Pacific Northwest, Shé hosted The Literary Lounge (a radio program and live events), founded the Kamilche Guerrilla Girls Poetry Collective, and launched a Seattle Poetry Festival with “Separate: a poetry flotilla.” She was awarded residencies at Caldera, Bear Lodge/Devils Tower, and Richard Hugo House.

Shé towed a silver and yellow teardrop travel trailer across the continental United States — solo, in her fifties — searching for surf. At age 60, she took sailing lessons and bought a boat.

Sea Change: stories & splashes hits bookstores in 2026, along with her novella, Letters to Lulu. Out in 2027: Diary of a Reluctant Traveler: 15 months on the road from coast to coast to coast. Her work has been published by Blue Flower Books, Witcraft, Running Wild Press, Vox Populi, Chiasmus Press, The Passionfruit Review, Letter X, Fishlines, and Evergreen Magazine.

9 responses to “About”

  1. elizabethshe Avatar

    You’re welcome — thanks for reading!

  2. Cynthia S. Avatar

    You always warm me with your presence. Keep dancing lovely lady! I am glad you left angry man with his anger instead of taking it with you!! Cheers, Cynthia

    1. elizabethshe Avatar

      Thank you! and thanks for reading.

  3. Jordan L Avatar
    Jordan L

    Hello Elizabeth! It’s a challenge even with the Internet to find anybody who’s worked on ‘The Howling V’. I am a big fan of the franchise.

    I am enchanted by the haunting instrumental score written for that movie, & I am trying to get a hold of the artist(s). But all I know about them is that they called themselves “The Factory”. If you know any more about them, please let me know.

    Oh, I don’t suppose you sell autographed photos of yourself from your movie scenes? I’d pay.

    Thanks for reading,

    Jordan

    1. Shé Avatar

      Hello Jordan, thanks for contacting me. I, too, love that score, but I know no more about it than what’s in the credits. I also do not have any photos of the scenes, but would be happy to sign them if you find them. Cheers.

      1. Jordan C. Lewans Avatar
        Jordan C. Lewans

        Thank-you! I see on eBay there is an original poster of the movie. If I bought it, could I put the shipping address as your address, & then you autograph it & mail it to me? (I live in western Canada, so not too far.)

      2. Shé Avatar

        Sure, but I live in México, and mail takes awhile. DM me on Facebook and we can work out the details.

      3. Jordan C. Lewans Avatar
        Jordan C. Lewans

        I actually don’t have Facebook! 😀 Can you see my email address from your end without me typing it into this box?

      4. Shé Avatar

        Hey Jordan, I sent you a message with photo attached.

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