Evelyn D KleinEvelyn Klein's writing is a venture from reality into imagination. One path exposes topics of interest and concern in the language of prose. The other explores ideas with the sensibility, metaphor and succinctness of poetry. Her drawings help set thescene. Evelyn's poetry and articles have appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, newspapers, and other publications. In 1994, she published the anthology Stage Two: Poetic Lives, illustrated by her father. In 2005 her poem "A Place Called Home" was a prize winner with the Family Housing Fund in Minneapolis and is still touring the Twin Cities in an exhibit of art and poetry. In 2006, she published her first book of poetry, a memoir in verse, From Here Across the Bridge, with art by her father, Wolfgang Klein. The book won a cover award with the Midwest Independent Book Publishers. In 2009, she published her second book of poetry, prose and her own drawings, Once upon a Neighborhood, part history, memoir, and observation. It has been placed in the Minnesota Historical Society's permanent library collection. The author, mother of two grown children, has lived most of her life in the Twin Cities of Minnesota and surrounding area. She has traveled extensively in Europe and in the United States. Born in Berlin, Germany, she spent her formative years in Milwaukee. She earned a B.S. in Secondary Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an M.S. in the Teaching of English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Klein taught German and English literature and writing in the public schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota for many years. She led a poetry group at the Loft and, subsequently taught at the Loft and at Century College. She is a freelance writer, speaker, editor, and writing judge who, more recently also, became a visual artist. Read More Read Less