Ada Jill Schneider, winner of the National Galway Kinnell Poetry Prize, began writing at the age of fifty-three. Her lyrical poems about growing older, the rewards of long love, and family relationships combine attributes of wisdom and wit to strike a universal chord. She reviews poetry books for Midstream magazine and directs “The Pleasure of Poetry,” a program she founded, at the Somerset Public Library in Massachusetts. She received her MFA in Writing from Vermont College.

Hear her read. Enjoy a selection of her poems.

She is available for readings at bookstores, libraries, and community centers in New England.

Check out photos taken at her book launch at Bristol Community College and at other readings: Somerset Public Library, Borders, Barnes & Noble, the Teichman Gallery, East Bay Manor, Worcester Public Library, Salem State College, Barrington Books, UMass/Dartmouth, and elsewhere.

Ada’s poems also appear in the following anthologies:

Child of My Child, Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises (2010)

Love After 70, Wising Up Press (2008)

Letters to the World, Red Hen Press (2008)

The Why and Later, Deep Cleveland Press (2007)

Regrets Only, Little Pear Press (2006)

Celebrations, July Literary Press, (2006)

Caring Stories, Publish America (2002)

A Christmas Collection, July Literary Press (2001)

Heartbeat of New England, Tiger Moon (2000)

Her Face in the Mirror, Beacon Press (1994)

plus many other literary journals and online magazines.

You may contact Ada at adajschneider@gmail.com