Author: Sheryl Monks

Sheryl Monks is the Literary Editor of Germ. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte and a BA in English from Salem College. Her collection of stories ALL THE GIRLS IN FRANCE was a finalist for the 2013 Hudson Prize. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals. She is the Spring 2014 Writer-in-Residence at Salem College, the nation's oldest all-women's college by founding date. She is currently working on a novel. Email her at [email protected] or visit her online at www.sherylmonks.com.

Interview with Poet and Divergent Actress Blythe Baird

Posted on Mar 31, 2014Nov 4, 2014 by Sheryl Monks

At only seventeen years of age, actress, writer, and feminist Blythe Baird has already established an impressive resume. Most notably to date is her recent appearance in the blockbuster film Divergent. In May, Auslynn Films will release its full-length feature film The UnMiracle, which has been called a gritty neorealist portrait of suburban American faith. The film follows suburban teen Kayla […]

Germ Interviews Poet (and Irish Folk Dancer) Alice Osborn

Posted on Mar 17, 2014Nov 4, 2014 by Sheryl Monks

Alice Osborn is the author of three books of poetry, After the Steaming Stops, Unfinished Projects, and Right Lane Ends and is the editor of the anthology, Tattoos. She’s working on her next poetry book, Heroes without Capes. Her past educational and work experience is unusually varied and now it feeds her strengths as an […]

Dear High School Me

Posted on Jan 15, 2014Nov 4, 2014 by Sheryl Monks

There you are, just a girl in want of a respectable grown-up life, five weeks shy of eighteen, thinking college maybe, a nice boy, but not one you’ll marry. Not you—you’re a career girl. All you need is to find the right career, and then, yes, a boy, sure. But it’s the world you want, […]

A Girl at His Show by Sheryl Monks

Posted on Jan 14, 2014Mar 1, 2014 by Sheryl Monks

Every night Rasputin chose a different one to come up and go inside the box of blades. Always they were pretty, and always they were thin, T-tiny thin like snakes, wearing green eye shadow and Burlesque on the Beach t-shirts. People thought it was a hoax: all the girls were plants. Rasputin was insulted. One […]