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Author Archives: Madison Helbig
Madison Helbig (she, her) is a writer, teacher and former bookseller from Akron. She earned her undergraduate degree in Education from the University of Akron and her MFA in Creative Writing from the Northeast Ohio Master of the Fine Arts program. She currently teaches English Composition I and II at the University of Akron and is a former bookseller at Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre. She is also the former editor-in-chief of The Rubbertop Review, the University of Akron’s graduate literary journal. When she’s not writing or grading, you’ll find Madison walking at Sand Run and looking at the trees, singing karaoke poorly (yet enthusiastically) or being bullied by her cat, Charlotte.
