Kayann Short

Writer, farmer, and teacher Kayann Short, PhD, is the author of A Bushel’s Worth: An Ecobiography (Torrey House Press), a Nautilus Green Living & Sustainability winner. She is the founder of the Friedman Feminist Press Collection at Colorado State University and co-produced the DVD series, The History of Women’s Achievement in America. As an award-winning teacher of writing and women’s studies at CU-Boulder, she directed digital storytelling projects with community elders, literacy students, and non-profit organizations. Her work has appeared in Midwest Review, Hawk & Handsaw, The Hopper, Burningword, Pilgrimage, and Dash, among others, and the anthologies, Dirt: A Love Story and Rooted: The Best New Arboreal Non-Fiction. Dr. Short organizes community writing events and hosts writer’s workshops and retreats in a renovated granary at Stonebridge Farm, her organic community-supported farm on Colorado’s Front Range. Learn more about Dr. Short at kayannshort.com.

Photo of author Kayann Short. She is standing outdoors, green trees in the distance behind her. She has long, straight brown hair, and wears large silver hoop earrings and a white dress button-up blouse--the sleeves are rolled up to 3/4 length. Her hands are crossed in front of her chest as she holds onto a small hardcover book with a green cover, called "Up in Maine."
Kayann Short

Written by Kayann Short

  • Photo of a group of women standing at the edge of a hill overlooking the mountains and valleys. Two of the women are holding the hand of a small Black boy, one on either side of him. He, too, is looking at the scenery. The women in this historic photo are all wearing dresses and most of them wear wide-brimmed hats. The young boy is wearing white shorts and a dark-colored shirt with a white collar.

    In the Land of Sky Blue Weather

    A forgotten photo album reveals a window into the experiences of women enjoying independence and female friendship amid Colorado’s spectacular Rocky Mountain landscapes in the early twentieth century.