Ann Darr was a prolific writer and author of eight books of poetry: Flying the Zuni Mountains, St. Ann’s Gut, The Myth of a Woman’s Fist, Riding With the Fireworks, Cleared for Landing, Do You Take This Woman, The Twelve Pound Cigarette, and Confessions of a Skewed Romantic. Ann’s poetry readings criss-crossed the world from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to Prague, Czechoslovakia. She taught creative writing up until the age of 80 at American University in Washington, DC, the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD, and other universities throughout the country. She raised her family with her husband, George, in Chevy Chase, MD.
