Meet Cassi
Cassi is a poet, writer, and educator living in Northern California. She works with writers of all ages, abilities, and disabilities.
About Cassi
Cassi’s writing takes her everywhere.
- Cassi W. Nesmith has received notable recognition for her work. Her poetry has been featured in various publications, including, “The Smalls,” “Center of Attention: Poems on Stockton and San Joaquin,” “The Fire Within: Labor, Art, and the Human Spirit,” and “Poet’s Espresso Review.” She self-published the ‘zine, “Tattle and Play.” She studied Comparative Literature with an emphasis in English and Spanish poetry at the University of California, Berkeley.
- She is an Amherst Writers and Artists affiliate. Although she is certified through AWA for leading groups with writers who have experienced trauma, groups do not focus on exploring trauma.
- Cassi is a Writer in Residence at Tuleburg Press.
- In 2022, she attended The Yeats International Summer School through a fellowship through the Tuleburg Press and the Sligo Scholars Program in Sligo, Ireland. She studied at the Institute of Language and Culture in Costa Rica.
Cassi's Writing Workshop Reviews
Cassi is an extraordinary leader. She inspires confidence in new writers like myself. Her love for, and enthusiasm, non-judgemental attitude, her helpfulness and way of introducing writing techniques, etc are very effective. There is not criticism; only observations.