Camp Fire - Summer 2021

TEACHING-WRITER BIOGRAPHIES Cassie Angley is a published and produced playwright, actress, singer, and theatre-maker. She began acting at age ive in San Francisco with Aunt Lolly’s Shoe String Theater, and her journey in the arts has never stopped. She received her BA in Musical Theater from San Francisco State University then promptly moved to the city of New York where she resided for the next 15 years. In New York she wrote, produced, and performed in many original plays and musicals and worked as a teaching artist. Her South Bronx middle-school students introduced her to poetry and spoken word. She spent many years studying poetry in the spoken word scene. Using the Amherst Writing Method Cassie has led many adult writing workshops. Seven years ago she moved to Boise and began working as a teaching writer at The Cabin while attending Boise State University. In 2017 she received her M.A. Ed, Literacy. Her master’s thesis on ‘readers theater’ was so well received that she founded Readers Theater Works!, a nonproit that strengthens underserved youths’ literacy skills through the discipline of theater.

Ameerah Bader is a Palestinian-Tlingit poet and artist located in Boise, Idaho. They have been writing poems for ten years and drawing for nine. They have been published a handful of times and nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice. Humor, identity, and tiny moments are at the forefront of Ameerah’s work. They use creativity to learn how to navigate spaces, places, and the sweetness of life. They work within the processes; they appreciate the unseen. Most recently they have been creating stop-motion animations with relief prints, as well as learning sotware development to bring interactivity into their artwork. In 2019 they graduated with two BFAs in printmaking and illustration from Boise State University. Their favorite pastimes are long walks, talks, and drawing all day.

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