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Lynne Schmidt

Latest Title: The Unaccounted For Circles Of Hell
Genre: poetry
Author: Lynne Schmidt
The Unaccounted For Circles Of Hell

In Dante’s Inferno, he easily descends into Hell and explores circles reserved for traitors & betrayers, liars & thieves.

Lynne Schmidt’s blistering new poetry chapbook wrestles with the terrifying notion that we are currently in Hell, that the things we suffer on a daily basis – Violence Against Women, Body Image, Death and Dying and Grief, and more – are a part of some larger punishment.

About Lynne Schmidt

Lynne Schmidt is the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, and a mental health professional with a focus in trauma and healing. They are a 2025 Maine Arts Fellow, second-place winner of the 2024 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Founders Contest, winner of the 2021 The Poetry Question Chapbook Contest, 2020 New Women’s Voices Contest, and the author of the chapbooks, “Dying Dog Poems,” “The Unaccounted For Circles Of Hell,” “Dead Dog Poems” and “Gravity.” In 2012, they started the project, AbortionChat, which aims to lessen the stigma around abortion. When given the choice, Lynne prefers the company of her pack of dogs and one cat to humans.

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